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How to use revolver in a sentence

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Revolver means a handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading. Example: “Although it was a little impractical, Elmer held his revolvers akimbo because to him it looked cool.”

Examples of revolver by meaning

nounSynonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money.

  • The debt is split between $6.5bn of term loans, as well as $6bn of senior and junior bonds and a $500mn revolver.2023 December 16, “Musk told lenders they would not lose money on Twitter deal”, in FT Weekend (Companies & Markets section), London: The...

More sentences with revolver

  • Although it was a little impractical, Elmer held his revolvers akimbo because to him it looked cool.From the entry akimbo
  • He unloaded his revolver and put the cartridges away to be reloaded later.From the entry unload
  • A Smith & Wesson double-action .38 revolver was the standard issue in those days.From the entry standard issue
  • The G-men raiding the speakeasy were equipped with .45 automatics, while the local policemen were carrying revolvers and shotguns.From the entry automatic
  • He unloaded his revolver on the home invaders.From the entry unload
  • Then he asked if anyone wanted to dispute this assertion (he brandishing his revolver the while) and was answered by peaceful snorings.From the entry snoring
  • By way of armoury and utensils, I took a revolver, a little spirit-lamp and pan, a lantern and some halfpenny candles, a jack-knife and a large leather flask.From the entry spirit lamp
  • The teen died from a shot to the left temple, his father's police-issue service revolver found nearby.2013 August 7, “Brazilian teenager kills police officer parents and extended family”, in Telegraph, UK, retrieved 07 Mar 2018. From the entry service revolver
  • Fargo palmed out his own revolver, thumbing back the hammer as the barrel came up.2009, Jon Sharp, The Trailsman #337: Silver Showdown. From the entry thumb
  • She always goes about with a brace of loaded revolvers in her belt!!2008, Christine Kelly, Mrs Duberly's War: Journal and Letters from the Crimea, 1854-6, →ISBN. From the entry cocktail
  • Blood-caked fingers pressed over the wound, he turned toward Fargo, his revolver rising.2003, Jon Sharpe, Trailsman #261, The: Desert Death Trap, →ISBN. From the entry gut shoot
  • How were you gonna do it? ¶ROGER (takes revolver out of briefcase).1995, Steve Allen, “Having a Good Time”, in Ann McDonough, Kent R. Brown, editors, A Grand Entrance, published 2000, →ISBN, page 212. From the entry buy the farm
  • Familiar epithets for the revolver were equalizer, shootin' iron . . . smoke wagon.1950, C. Merton Babcock, “The Vocabulary of Social Life on the American Frontier”, in Western Folklore, volume 9, number 2, page 138. From the entry equalizer
  • I have a loaded revolver, but I shall leave that with you.1926, Oswald Kendall, The Missing Island, page 191. From the entry beltful
  • "Look what the general gave me," and he proudly displayed Longorio's service revolver.1915, Rex Ellingwood Beach, chapter 7, in Heart of the Sunset. From the entry service revolver
  • I saw with a sinking heart that their revolver holsters also were gone.1914, John Reed Scott, The Duke of Oblivion, page 208. From the entry unarmedness
  • Tarzan removed his rifle from its boot and loosened his revolver in its holster.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Fight in the Desert”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt…. From the entry boot
  • For answer the girl raised her revolver and fired point-blank at him.1913 January–May, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Gods of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC; republished as…. From the entry point-blank
  • Dull revolver shots—hoarse yells—pound of hoofs—shrill neighs of horses—commingling of echoes—and again silence!1912 January, Zane Grey, “The Fall of Balancing Rock”, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers…. From the entry commingling
  • I stole into his state-room and possessed myself of his revolvers.1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC. From the entry possess
  • Rainford reached down and found the revolver.2015, Tony Monchinski, Bad Men (I Kill Monsters Book 3). From the entry thumb
  • Facing the business end of the large revolver was bad enough, but the man wielding the gun was off his hinges.2012, George R. Appelt Jr., Shepherd's Fall, page 153. From the entry off one's hinges
  • To fan a single action revolver, hold down the trigger and strike the hammer repeatedly with a free hand.2011, Hans-Christoan Vortisch, GURPS Tactical Shooting, page 14. From the entry fan
  • The fastest revolver reload is a second revolver, a.k.a.2002, Ed Lovette, The Snubby Revolver: The ECQ, Backup, and Concealed Carry Standard, Paladin Press, →ISBN, page 51. From the entry New York reload
  • He trained the revolver twohanded and fired slow-fire.2002, Chris Holmes, The Medusa Strain, →ISBN, page 222. From the entry twohanded
  • The cook has his revolver and a beltful of cartridges.1926, Oswald Kendall, The Missing Island, page 191. From the entry beltful
  • Instead, he drew his revolver and called for further effort.1916, Tom Parry, quoting letter to the Yorkshire Post, “Football heroes of England and Wales lined up for far deadlier battle 100 years…. From the entry take the count
  • You do not think it until he comes through the door, carrying the empty toe-sack in one hand and the revolver in the other.1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug. From the entry towsack
  • "Bulleted revolver cartridges contain no wad.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados. From the entry wad
  • He’s goin’ out there in a carriage and four, all kinds of eatin’s and drinkin’s, two revolvers, a rifle, and a saddle horse tied on behind.2000, Michael Kilian, Murder at Manassas: A Harrison Raines Civil War Mystery, New York, N.Y.: Berkley Prime Crime, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry eatin'
  • One unfortunate individual endeavouring to disinsectise a newly-arrived aircraft will, no doubt, still remember being rudely ordered out by an irate Allied captain of aircraft flourishing a loaded revolver.1958, Samuel Cuthbert Rexford-Welch, The Royal Air Force Medical Services - Volume 3, page 93. From the entry disinsectise

Meaning of revolver

  1. noun A handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.
  2. noun Any (personal) firearm with such a mechanism.
  3. noun Synonym of revolving line of credit, a form of credit permitting the holder to repeatedly borrow money.

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Questions about revolver in a sentence

How do you use revolver in a sentence?
Revolver is used as a noun. For example: “Although it was a little impractical, Elmer held his revolvers akimbo because to him it looked cool.”
What is a short sentence with revolver?
“"Bulleted revolver cartridges contain no wad.”
What does revolver mean?
Revolver means a handgun with a revolving chamber enabling several shots to be fired without reloading.

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