How to Use rifle in a Sentence

rifle

1 of 2 noun

• The two could hear the bolt-action rifle and the sizzling sound of lead ripping through the air.
  — Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 28 Aug. 2023
• In the middle of the state seal, a farmer plows a field, his rifle propped on a nearby tree stump.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Aug. 2023
• Danny pulls out a rifle when G.H. and Clay won’t leave.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
• The suspect, who was a woman, entered the church with a long rifle.
  — Andrea Vacchiano, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2024
• At the range, Ramaswamy shot a pistol and rifle in a few practice rounds.
  — Kelsey Walsh, ABC News, 25 Nov. 2023
• Callers said the people in the car were wearing ski masks and seen holding rifles.
  — The Oregonian, oregonlive, 17 June 2023
• An officer then pointed a rifle at Dorsey and told him to drop his weapon.
  — Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024
• He was armed with what police have described as an AR-style rifle and a handgun.
  — Tom Winter, NBC News, 6 July 2023
• When a deputy later found the group, the hunters had a spotlight and hunting rifles, officials said.
  — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 29 Feb. 2024
• Witnesses said Kantar smashed the little girl’s head against a rock and crushed her skull with a rifle butt.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Sep. 2023
• Some train their rifles across the border at Dhayra, scanning for any movement.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Berton fires his rifle multiple times, striking Sanchez Ramos at close range, the video shows.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2023
• The teenager used at least three weapons, including what chief Steve Hebbe called an AR-style rifle.
  — Erin McLaughlin, NBC News, 16 May 2023
• The three are pressed to the ground while Manesar and his gang stand over them like trophy hunters, clutching rifles and smiling for photos.
  — Pranshu Verma, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
• Men in black, carrying rifles, shot into the safe room.
  — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
• Outside the house, D’Eramo hid behind a tree, flanked on either side by Zoo Police with rifles.
  — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
• The guns included a small Ruger pistol and an assault-style rifle.
  — Silas Morgan, Sun Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
• At that point, while displaying a rifle, Andrew Jr. began to hit the front door of the residence, causing glass to break on the door.
  — David K. Li, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2024
• In the first days, the military handed rifles from the backs of trucks to all willing to take them in Kyiv, as Russian troops advanced through the city’s suburbs.
  — Marc Santora, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
• On-site staff are required to carry rifles in case of polar-bear attacks.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2023
• Then, at 9 p.m., the man returned to the Capitol with an assault-style rifle, again demanding to see the governor.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 9 Oct. 2023
• In the still images, a weapon capable of firing rifle rounds can be seen being stuck out of the window of the vehicle.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 1 June 2023
• Other characters are slashed and killed; people are burned; faces are smashed; and there are pistols, rifles, knives and much more.
  — Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• Hostage negotiators were requested to respond to the scene, but Garcia opened the front door with a rifle in his hand.
  — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
• That pistol was one of the guns found at Union Station following the shooting along a wall with a backpack next to two AR-15-style rifles and backpacks.
  — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• No one cares about labels when men with rifles are approaching.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 3 Sep. 2023
• The rifle comes with an adjustable TriggerTech trigger.
  — Mike Dickerson, Field & Stream, 19 July 2023
• The end of hunting season in Ohio means deer hunters can start using muzzleloader rifles.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 3 Jan. 2024
• The Covenant School shooter, armed with two assault-like rifles and a handgun, killed the head of school, a teacher, a custodian and three 9-year-old students.
  — Kelly Puente, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2024
• The subject, who was not publicly identified, began shooting with a high-powered rifle, Jennings said.
  — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 30 Apr. 2024

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rifle

2 of 2 verb

• The items being packed, from drones to rifle scopes to satellite telephones, have been bought for them by members of the public.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2023
• Sly, a freshman, got the ball on the wing, beat her defender, and rifled a bar over the keeper's head into the back netting.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
• In his first at-bat Friday, Bogaerts rifled the second pitch off the right-center field wall for a double.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
• Hunter West-Mather rifled in three goals and two assists and Cole Rodgers tallied three goals and an assist as well.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
• Atop the box, Shaw rifled a low, tailing liner inside the right post, defeating Naeher, to create a 2-1 lead in the 32nd minute.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
• In the third minute, off a corner from Sam Coffey, Dunn settled herself in close and rifled a curling shot into the top corner of goal.
  — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2023
• On the next possession, Cloonan baited a defender and rifled a pass down low to Noah Goldstein for a layup, tying the game at 41-41.
  — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
• Nothing was taken from the victim’s vehicle, but the glove compartment had been rifled.
  — Molly Walsh | [e-mail], cleveland, 18 July 2023
• That's why our team of gear-savvy editors decided to rifle through the vast stores of new(ish) outdoor cooking options to find the five best for all your summer cookouts—and well beyond.
  — Paul Kita, menshealth.com, 7 Apr. 2023
• Armed Taliban intelligence and security agents show up unannounced at people’s homes to rifle through them, and search their phones at checkpoints across the city.
  — David Zucchino The New York Times, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
• To look back at his movies — many of them more amiable than side-splitting — is to rifle through an assortment of hits and misses, a catalog of comic imperfection.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2022
• Due to privacy concerns, the team couldn’t rifle through individual records, and relied on an algorithm to do the job instead.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2012
• There are no surprises here as these two sly wastrels repair their relationship, and in a running time of just 84 minutes, there’s hardly time to rifle through their deeper, darker baggage.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023
• ChatGPT delivered simple answers in an accessible way and didn’t ask users to rifle through blue links.
  — Will Oremus, Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2023
• After Kylian Mbappe rifled his penalty into the top corner of the Newcastle United net there was only one thing anyone would be talking about postgame: the controversial handball which had led to its award.
  — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
• Journalists and biographers are burglars who break in, rifle your drawers, then stay and redecorate.
  — Sam Adler-Bell, The New Republic, 20 Mar. 2023
• The real political goal here is to create a mechanism for triggering audits—probably through an algorithm—so the IRS can rifle through all of a taxpayer’s business and other financial records.
  — Peter J Reilly, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2021
• The items being packed, from drones to rifle scopes to satellite telephones, have been bought for them by members of the public.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Apr. 2023
• Sly, a freshman, got the ball on the wing, beat her defender, and rifled a bar over the keeper's head into the back netting.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
• In his first at-bat Friday, Bogaerts rifled the second pitch off the right-center field wall for a double.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
• Hunter West-Mather rifled in three goals and two assists and Cole Rodgers tallied three goals and an assist as well.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023
• Atop the box, Shaw rifled a low, tailing liner inside the right post, defeating Naeher, to create a 2-1 lead in the 32nd minute.
  — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
• In the third minute, off a corner from Sam Coffey, Dunn settled herself in close and rifled a curling shot into the top corner of goal.
  — oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2023
• On the next possession, Cloonan baited a defender and rifled a pass down low to Noah Goldstein for a layup, tying the game at 41-41.
  — Matt Doherty, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2023
• Nothing was taken from the victim’s vehicle, but the glove compartment had been rifled.
  — Molly Walsh | [e-mail], cleveland, 18 July 2023
• That's why our team of gear-savvy editors decided to rifle through the vast stores of new(ish) outdoor cooking options to find the five best for all your summer cookouts—and well beyond.
  — Paul Kita, menshealth.com, 7 Apr. 2023
• Armed Taliban intelligence and security agents show up unannounced at people’s homes to rifle through them, and search their phones at checkpoints across the city.
  — David Zucchino The New York Times, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2022
• To look back at his movies — many of them more amiable than side-splitting — is to rifle through an assortment of hits and misses, a catalog of comic imperfection.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2022
• Due to privacy concerns, the team couldn’t rifle through individual records, and relied on an algorithm to do the job instead.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 12 Sep. 2012
• There are no surprises here as these two sly wastrels repair their relationship, and in a running time of just 84 minutes, there’s hardly time to rifle through their deeper, darker baggage.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 23 Jan. 2023

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