How to Use pepper spray in a Sentence

pepper spray

noun

• The police used pepper spray to bring the suspect under control.
• Tremaine bought the stun gun, the pepper spray and the Taser.
  — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2022
• The room filled with pepper spray, and the men were on top of him.
  — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 21 May 2024
• The pepper spray lingered and left a blue residue in his car.
  — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2021
• Weapons of any kind (no knives or mace/pepper spray of any size).
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2024
• Weapons of any kind (no knives or mace/pepper spray of any size).
  — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 17 Oct. 2024
• Police drove back the mob with streams of pepper spray.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2022
• The employee pushed him out the door, and Gionet pulled out a can of pepper spray and sprayed him twice in the face.
  — Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2022
• The pepper spray residue irritated the eyes of all four of the children.
  — cleveland, 11 Mar. 2022
• Among them: rounds filled with pepper spray and sponge rounds.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
• He was taken to a hospital because of the stun gun and the pepper spray.
  — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2022
• The deputy had her pepper spray, Taser and weapon on her as Ruffin escaped and was able to fire three shots at him.
  — Katherine Itoh, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
• One pointed a gun and the other sprayed the guard with pepper spray, the court document said.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 27 Apr. 2021
• Caron Nazario was hit with in the face with pepper spray has begun reviewing the case.
  — Marlene Lenthang, ABC News, 3 June 2021
• Police did not say whether pepper spray was used on the woman.
  — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2021
• After the tussle, pepper spray, and more threats of tasing, Nichols got away.
  — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2023
• Hours of pepper spray and tear gas had left an unpleasant tingle in the air.
  — Washington Post, 28 May 2021
• When the shower did not wash away all of the pepper spray, the officers used a water hose on his face.
  — Julian Mark, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Nov. 2021
• Then, one of the passengers sprayed her arm with pepper spray before the car took off, Lee said.
  — Theresa Waldrop, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021
• Chrustic, who was carrying pepper spray, says that the police told her again on the phone to keep the man in her view.
  — Curbed, 27 Oct. 2022
• Nichols, who was Black, ran from the traffic stop after being hit with pepper spray and a Taser.
  — Adrian Sainz, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
• The heel of one palm shifted onto her belt, which held handcuffs and pepper spray.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
• Winfrey's adult children bought her pepper spray and a stun gun.
  — Kyung Lah and Kim Berryman, CNN, 21 Jan. 2022
• Staff then stopped the beating using pepper spray and a baton strike.
  — Landon Mion, Fox News, 29 Sep. 2024
• While the officers attempt to pin the man on the bench, one of the officers uses pepper spray.
  — Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 6 June 2024
• The woman’s female friend, 20, of Shaker Heights, was also in the room and used pepper spray to get the man off his girlfriend.
  — cleveland, 28 July 2021
• Police responded in riot gear and used pepper spray to try to clear the crowd.
  — oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2021
• Police used pepper spray and a Taser on him twice while trying to restrain him.
  — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2021
• The other most common items are pocket knives, multi-tools, and pepper spray.
  — Harrison Pierce, Travel + Leisure, 2 Oct. 2024
• Then, the woman reportedly lunged forward toward the man’s seat with a can of pepper spray in her hand.
  — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024