How to Use magnum in a Sentence

magnum

noun

• The bottom row of the reds contained the magnums—two bottles of wine in one.
  — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
• Heloise Dear Heloise: What is a magnum and a jeroboam of champagne?
  — Heloise, Houston Chronicle, 10 July 2018
• By this point, the father, Gregory McMichael, is in the truck bed with a .357 magnum.
  — Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 10 Oct. 2020
• Tyler reached up and took the key, opened the cabinet door and pulled out a .357 magnum revolver with a snub nose.
  — Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2021
• That means the shields can thwart a 9-millimeter handgun and a .44 magnum.
  — Fortune, 13 Aug. 2019
• Both rounds were fired out of a .300 Winchester magnum.
  — NBC News, 18 Feb. 2022
• Franklin’s magnum sea opus would be covered over with gravel and dirt.
  — Steve Ditlea, SPIN, 14 Mar. 2022
• Other drinks followed: A magnum of champagne with sparklers affixed to the neck.
  — Adam Kilgore, chicagotribune.com, 8 June 2018
• Behind Ward sits a six-liter magnum of merlot, far too massive for any of the normal racks.
  — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 20 Feb. 2018
• The couple treated their seat-mates to a magnum of Perrier-Jouët Belle Epoque.
  — Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2020
• Also a magnum is fun and festive—and this way, everyone at the table can get a taste.
  — Laura Giannatempo, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2019
• City Council would buy vests for all officers and allow the use of the .357 magnum revolver.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 25 June 2021
• Don’t make the classic mistake of falling for the hottest number of the week or the flattest-shooting super magnum.
  — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 2 Nov. 2020
• Some of these guns, in long-action versions in magnum persuasion, can weigh up to 6 pounds, 7 ounces.
  — Mike Dickerson, Field & Stream, 18 Feb. 2021
• Say cheers to 43 magnum bottles, 1.5 liters each, of Chateau Mouton Rothschild.
  — Marcy De Luna, Houston Chronicle, 30 July 2019
• This week, anglers are heading to the deeper waters of the Central Basin of Lake Erie and trolling magnum spoons for solid catches of the big trout, and the odd lake and brown trout.
  — cleveland, 22 July 2021
• The proper use of rifle magnum cartridges is with heavy bullets.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 16 Nov. 2020
• Bergeron, Marchand, and Pastrnak gave him a Rolex and a magnum bottle of wine.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Feb. 2023
• At some point during the altercation, Downs pulled out a .357 magnum pistol and fired shots at the man, police said.
  — Anna Beahm, AL.com, 2 Apr. 2018
• Buono bought the bottle in a private sale last Friday, a magnum with a 2017 vintage sold by Champagne Avenue Foch.
  — Anna Hirtenstein, WSJ, 12 July 2022
• Along the way, they were greeted with handsome waiters cradling magnums of Krug; the champagne flowed onward into the dinner hour.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2017
• The Browning ShortTrac is designed for short magnums and other compact cartridges such as the .308.
  — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 7 Jan. 2020
• The most common chambering among African bolt-actions is the .375 H&H, one of our first belted magnum cartridges.
  — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 11 June 2020
• Fire away: Just about any shotgun will kill a turkey but a 12-gauge loaded with three-inch magnum shotshells (No. 4-6 shot) is ideal.
  — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 26 Mar. 2021
• By showtime Rosalind Kimble and her table of 10 had drained a magnum of Pinot and were working on a backup supply.
  — Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 June 2021
• Dale, a magnum is 2 quarts, which usually fills 10 glasses.
  — Heloise, Houston Chronicle, 10 July 2018
• The Bass Pro eclipse magnum chair is well constructed with a steel frame and water-resistant fabric.
  — Outdoor Life, 26 Feb. 2021
• Of course the magnum (a double-size bottle) must be a wine of quality, not some supersize grocery-store plonk.
  — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 19 Dec. 2018
• The film, 10 years in the making, is not a true adaptation of the eight-volume series, widely considered to be King’s magnum opus, but rather a sequel of sorts.
  — Christine Clarridge, The Seattle Times, 3 May 2017
• The last time the shooting world saw so many new cartridges introduced in a relatively short span of time was in the early 2000s, when the short-magnum craze arrived.
  — Mike Dickerson, Outdoor Life, 18 June 2020

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024