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How to use musket in a sentence

21 example sentences · noun

Musket means a kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle. Example: “Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me, with your musket, fife and drum.”

Examples of musket by meaning

nounA kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for...

  • Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me, with your musket, fife and drum.
  • Sam, Sam, pick up thy musket.
  • Probably, rifling evolved from the early observation of the feathers on an arrow-and from the practical results of cutting channels in a musket, originally to reduce fouling, then because it was found to improve accuracy of the shot.1949, Albert Manucy, “The Era of Artillery § Rifling”, in Artillery Through the Ages[:] A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing...

More sentences with musket

  • After placing the cartridge in the musket, ram it down securely with the ramrod.From the entry ram
  • The chink in the theory is that the invaders have superior muskets.From the entry chink
  • The museum housed a number of muskets, medals, and other militariana.From the entry militariana
  • The muskets popped away on all sides.From the entry pop
  • Defying musket and cannon blast, they berserk preemptively against the Tlaxcaltecah.2023, David Bowles, Guadalupe García McCall, Secret of the Moon Conch, Bloomsbury YA, →ISBN. From the entry berserk
  • A further 40 musket balls were removed from nearby soil, where the moat would have been located.2023 February 8, “HS2 archaeologists uncover evidence of early Civil War skirmish”, in RAIL, number 976, page 24. From the entry musket ball
  • Bekiaa shouted at Bele, crouching under the vooping warble of returning musket fire.2020, Taylor Anderson, Winds of Wrath, page 303. From the entry voop
  • Before, he had always seemed to believe revenge a dirty business, all thundering muskets and brandished steel, a pleasuresome stench.2013, Alex Taylor, The Name of the Nearest River. From the entry pleasuresome
  • We watched the Firangi as they struggled through the pass, their hands frozen and fingers unable to load their heavy muskets.2007, Feryal Ali Gauhar, No Space for Further Burials, page 99. From the entry firangi
  • Four of them had machetes, two carried muskets.1940, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine, Abbey Press. From the entry headwrap
  • Pilgrim saltshaker; he stood at attention in his buckle hat with a musket in one arm and a turkey in the other.2018 March 20, Newmark, Amy, Chicken Soup for the Soul: My Amazing Mom 101 Stories of Love and Appreciation, page 26. From the entry buckle hat
  • Carter grabbed the girl, just as she slid off the horse – everyone else crotched down and aimed their muskets at the trees.2017, Richard Smith, God Bless These Boys, page 69. From the entry crotch down
  • Rest assured, nothing short of a round from your musket could stop my sister when she has her mind set on plaguing me.2012 February 7, Christine Blevins, The Turning of Anne Merrick, Penguin, →ISBN, page 301. From the entry squitter
  • They'll still aim that musket and do their best to kill that scoundrel over there who might be trying to do the same thing back.2012, Jeff Shaara, A Blaze of Glory: A Novel of the Battle of Shiloh, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry mudkicker
  • From what distance the smoothbore musket was able to fell a human target has been the source of debate for a long time.2008, Earl J. Hess, The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth, University Press of Kansas, page 13. From the entry smoothbore
  • The trade goods – Persian rugs, salt, muskets, kif – trailed out behind them over the dunes, still lashed to the backs of rotting animals.1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin, published 2006, page 80. From the entry kif
  • The police and troops captured eleven thousand stand of arms, including muskets and pistols, together with several thousand bludgeons and other weapons.1927, Herbert Asbury, The Gangs of New York: An Informal History of the Underworld, Paragon House, published 1990, →ISBN, page 170. From the entry stand
  • It was a long time since Tunku Allang had had ammunition for the score or so of old muskets rusting in their arm-racks in the audience-hall.1900, Joseph Conrad, chapter 40, in Lord Jim, Edinburgh: William Blackwood, page 403. From the entry armrack

Meaning of musket

  1. noun A kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.
  2. noun A male Eurasian sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus).

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Questions about musket in a sentence

How do you use musket in a sentence?
Musket is used as a noun. For example: “Soldier, soldier, won't you marry me, with your musket, fife and drum.”
What is a short sentence with musket?
“Sam, Sam, pick up thy musket.”
What does musket mean?
Musket means a kind of firearm formerly carried by the infantry of an army, originally fired by means of a match, or matchlock, for which several mechanical appliances (including the flintlock, and finally the percussion lock) were successively substituted; ultimately superseded by the rifle.

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