How to Use gun in a Sentence

gun

1 of 2 noun

• She claimed that the gun went off accidentally.
• What to do with the brakes and with the flaps and with the guns.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2024
• He's seen in the distance from the bodycam with the tip of the trooper's gun pointed at him in the frame.
  — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
• The person appears to fire a gun at the employee, who falls to the ground.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 21 June 2023
• The suspect pulled a gun and shot Garcia in the parking lot, and then fled.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 27 May 2023
• On Main Street, there was, like, a gay and lesbian bookshop right next door to the gun shop.
  — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
• The friend’s safe, which contained a gun belonging to Smith, was among the items stolen from the home in the burglary.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 23 Feb. 2024
• Wheel guns rattle, and the pit crew pull the tire warmers out from under the fenders.
  — Angus MacKenzie, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2023
• The video shows the other man lowering his head to avoid the gun, the documents say.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
• Jim Musgrove, a church member, hit the shooter with a chair and wrestled the gun away from him.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 12 June 2023
• The actor was practicing a cross-draw when the gun fired, striking Hutchins.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 2 June 2023
• The driver produced a gun and fired shots, striking both deputies.
  — CBS News, 10 Feb. 2024
• She is then seen fighting men with guns and other weapons on her own in front of the farmers.
  — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2023
• Police found Britt's gun in a car at Pitchford's house.
  — CBS News, 18 Dec. 2023
• Nina, in turn, will ask her father to express his regrets—at the point of a gun.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2024
• An officer then fired his gun at Brasel but didn't hit him, the release said.
  — Tom Sissom, Arkansas Online, 27 May 2023
• One of those men fooled the naive Proffit into being the driver on a scam, and later held a gun to him.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 16 July 2023
• Gun rights advocates argue that guns are a symptom and not a cause of the problem.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2023
• Many of the guns were loaded, including one in Herrling’s purse.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
• The coolest of these are undoubtedly the pop-out guns hidden behind the headlights.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 20 June 2023
• The first woman said that her juvenile son was with her and also saw the gun pointed at her.
  — cleveland, 1 Sep. 2023
• At the start of the nuclear age, rather than heed Oppenheimer’s warning on the dangers of an arms race, the U.S. fired the starting gun.
  — Senator Edward J. Markey, Scientific American, 27 July 2023
• The teller had been trained to assume that anyone threatening to have a gun is armed, even with no weapon in sight.
  — Dan Barry, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2024
• Take your final twisted straw over the heat gun and create a gentle arch.
  — New York Times, 27 July 2023
• There were no immediate details about the gun used by the shooter.
  — Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
• The gun belongs to a relative staying with the family, the father told the station.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 17 May 2023
• In a footnote, Smith even cites Trump's visit to a gun store and online comments about buying a 9mm.
  — Fox News, 5 Oct. 2023
• Studies show that cities with stringent gun laws have increased crime rates.
  — Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024
• Another classmate, Cadence Byrd, 15, said gun violence in Kansas City schools and across the city has to stop.
  — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 11 Apr. 2024
• The Tennessee Senate passed a bill allowing teachers to carry guns.
  — USA TODAY, 11 Apr. 2024

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gun

2 of 2 verb

• The shortstop gunned the ball to first base.
• She let the car coast down the hill, then gunned it.
• His foot stays on the gas, gunning it toward the middle of the road.
  — Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 8 May 2023
• He was gunned down, shot in the chest, and died in the street on the first day, his family says.
  — Arwa Damon, CNN, 9 Oct. 2019
• One of the top teams that will be gunning for Colony this year will be West High School.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
• The kind of itch that drives Whitney to gun it for Indy doesn’t just go away because of a cutout in the stands.
  — Jon Blau, The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2021
• But Meadows threw a bullet from the center and gunned him down.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2023
• Then, Pipkin gunned her down in the front yard, according to deputies.
  — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 28 Feb. 2024
• The weakfishing was weak, and Crescitelli gunned it out into the bay.
  — Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2020
• His eyes were bright and kind and tilted just to his right, toward the doorway where he was gunned down.
  — Jessica Contrera, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2019
• Harris gunned the Jeep and ran over the 29-year-old officer.
  — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 21 Aug. 2019
• The bounty hunter creeps up behind them and fires his blaster, gunning them down.
  — James Hibberd, EW.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• The Palestinians come in and gun down 20 civilians with a machine gun.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2021
• Acosta was on the phone with his wife in Mexico when he was gunned down in Salinas.
  — Chelcey Adami, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2019
• Members of the LeBaron family say one child was gunned down while trying to flee.
  — Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2019
• That Tanya is able to make like John Wick and gun down three of her would-be assassins should seem silly.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2022
• The kid is on fire, and after a slow start, Tammy is gunning down every team that dares stand in his path.
  — SI.com, 9 Oct. 2019
• His funeral procession stretched for three miles and passed the spot where he was gunned down.
  — Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2019
• Sharpe was gunned down in Northwest Baltimore this month, one of the more than 200 people who have been killed in the city so far this year.
  — Talia Richman, baltimoresun.com, 26 Aug. 2019
• Ryan and his friend spent more than an hour digging and gunning the engine, but the truck remained stuck.
  — Thallman, oregonlive, 18 Mar. 2023
• The 2024 party is gunning for bigger and better — this time, right off the Las Vegas Strip.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
• Moore chose to gun the unarmed man down, then run away, the prosecutor said.
  — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 4 May 2022
• Edward climbed into his car, gunned the motor, and drove away.
  — Steve Rosen, Variety, 10 Mar. 2023
• Police gunned down the crazed cannibal, who by then had ripped out the victim's eyes and bitten off half his face.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 13 Apr. 2023
• The deputies followed through with instructions to gun down the animal and Buck was fatally shot with one round to the head.
  — NBC News, 23 June 2021
• In the Ozark season 2 finale, Cade was on his way out of town with a half a million dollars, until he was gunned down.
  — Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 30 Mar. 2020
• The women will be gunning for their eighth consecutive crown and 10th of 11 while the men will be chasing their fifth straight and eighth of nine.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
• Now Beyond Meat, Tyson and a number of startups are gunning, so to speak, for our chicken nuggets.
  — Jonathan Kauffman, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2019
• On the strength of its soundtrack alone, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie is gunning to join them.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2023
• This gives Pittsburgh more hope for the victory than if Baltimore was gunning for its own playoff spot.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024