GUN in a Sentence

Learn GUN from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
331 example sentences for GUN, such as:
1. He shot the bird with his gun.
2. She's a big gun in city politics.
3. The gun kicked back with great force.
4. This toy machine gun dismantles easily.
5. It is the man behind the gun that tells.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of GUN
gun
 n.  the discharge of a firearm as signal or as a salute in military ceremonies
 n.  a hand-operated pump that resembles a revolver; forces grease into parts of a machine
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I hain't said none since I was half the height o that gun.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
2  "Then I'll start the smiting," exclaimed Ferrier furiously, and would have rushed upstairs for his gun had not Lucy seized him by the arm and restrained him.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
3  That night he sat up with his gun and kept watch and ward.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
4  They could see the lonely watcher fingering his gun, and peering down at them as if dissatisfied at their reply.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
5  Looking back, they could see the solitary watcher leaning upon his gun, and knew that they had passed the outlying post of the chosen people, and that freedom lay before them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER IV. A FLIGHT FOR LIFE
6  Having tethered the horses, and bade Lucy adieu, he threw his gun over his shoulder, and set out in search of whatever chance might throw in his way.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
7  They were all carrying sticks, except Jones, who was marching ahead with a gun in his hands.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
8  Jones saw him coming, raised his gun and fired.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
9  Jones was hurled into a pile of dung and his gun flew out of his hands.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
10  She had taken to flight as soon as the gun went off.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
11  Mr. Jones's gun had been found lying in the mud, and it was known that there was a supply of cartridges in the farmhouse.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter IV
12  The skull of old Major, now clean of flesh, had been disinterred from the orchard and set up on a stump at the foot of the flagstaff, beside the gun.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter V
13  The hens woke up squawking with terror because they had all dreamed simultaneously of hearing a gun go off in the distance.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VI
14  It was not for this that they had built the windmill and faced the bullets of Jones's gun.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VII
15  It was also announced that the gun would be fired every year on Napoleon's birthday, as well as on the other two anniversaries.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter VIII
Example Sentence: (121 in 9 pages)
1  You admit you fired the gun and we now know that the shot killed the victim so you are, ipso facto, responsible for his death.
2  The boy took a pot shot at a pigeon with his air gun.
3  He hefted his right arm and took away a gun from the bookshelf.
4  It is the man behind the gun that tells.
5  She's a big gun in city politics.
6  He shot the bird with his gun.
7  If you keep fooling around with that gun you'll be leaving this camp feet first.
8  She meticulously cleaned the gun and locked it away in its case.
9  The gun control measures narrowly squeaked through Congress.
10  He took a gun through baggage control to highlight the lax security.
11  Drop the gun, put your hands in the air, and don't make any sudden movements.
12  This toy machine gun dismantles easily.
13  The search for other kinds of evidence tying him to trafficking has not produced a smoking gun.
14  The gun kicked back with great force.
15  Suddenly the man brought a gun out and threatened the driver with it.