How to Use assault rifle in a Sentence

assault rifle

noun

• One of the individuals in the video is seen firing dozens of shots with an assault rifle.
  — Robert Gearty, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2020
• The visual is worth a watch as well, where an ex pulls up to Vaughn and Choppa’s estate and he’s met face-to-face with an assault rifle.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 23 Sep. 2024
• According to charges, Solomon roamed the riots carrying an assault rifle.
  — Andy Mannix, Star Tribune, 19 Dec. 2020
• Oakland police stopped their car and arrested all the suspects, who were not identified, and seized three pistols and an assault rifle.
  — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 6 Nov. 2020
• One demonstrator, who declined to give his name, wore a tactical vest, with a military-style assault rifle slung over his shoulder.
  — Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2021
• The startled officer retreated, his assault rifle still aimed at the approaching protester.
  — The Economist, 5 Nov. 2020
• One suspect armed with an assault rifle and handguns and wearing a dummy explosive vest was killed in the Monday evening incident, officials said.
  — NBC News, 3 Nov. 2020
• As the women dance and twirl in a generic suburban neighborhood, the man strums what appears to be an assault rifle like a guitar, a startling juxtaposition of child’s play and menace.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2020
• The sheriff said the assault rifle was used in the shooting.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 July 2023
• One man held an assault rifle above his head, walked forward and placed a gun on the ground.
  — CBS News, 10 Dec. 2023
• One of the men strode up, raised an assault rifle and fired a few rounds toward the Israelis.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• Trump was nicked in the ear after Crooks fired an AR-style assault rifle.
  — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 23 July 2024
• Paul had been shot in the head and chest with a shotgun and his mother was killed with an assault rifle.
  — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2021
• One hand is thrown into the air in a Nazi salute, the other clutches an assault rifle.
  — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
• The video shows the Palestinian man grabbing the officer's assault rifle, which then drops to the ground.
  — Arkansas Online, 3 Dec. 2022
• The state banned bump stocks, which can turn an assault rifle into a machine gun.
  — Brittany Wallman, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2022
• The bandits at the scene were armed with four AK-47-style assault rifles and an AR-15 assault rifle and had food to last for days.
  — José Ignacio Castañeda Perez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2022
• Wilson said the amendment changed where the owner of an assault rifle could use it, not whether the person could own the gun.
  — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 22 Sep. 2021
• One of the victims was killed with a shotgun and the other with an assault rifle, sources told The Island Packet.
  — Kc Baker, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2021
• No one is safe from the surprise carnage caused by assault rifles.
  — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
• At least one of the suspects was wielding an assault rifle, Jordan said.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 July 2022
• An assault rifle was lying inside the home in plain view through a storm door, police said.
  — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 12 July 2021
• One shooter was armed with an assault rifle, and the other had two handguns.
  — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 23 Oct. 2021
• The gun, although called a pistol, looks and performs like an assault rifle.
  — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2021
• But other common video game tropes—assault rifles and the like—aren't close at hand in her San Diego studio.
  — WIRED, 18 Sep. 2023
• Ten officers with assault rifles blocked the entrance to the bar as more made their way inside.
  — Sofia Viera, refinery29.com, 24 Sep. 2024
• Maggie had been shot five times with an AR-style assault rifle, while Paul had been shot twice at close range with a shotgun.
  — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2023
• Last week a man wearing body armor and armed with an assault rifle and a nail gun tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office.
  — David Klepper, ajc, 16 Aug. 2022
• Bullet holes etched by an assault rifle dot the entrance.
  — New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
• Which in turn leads to some surprising revelations – like the fact that Viktor, who’s never handled a gun, is a natural with an assault rifle.
  — Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024