How to Use bullet in a Sentence

bullet

noun

• The quarterback threw a bullet to the receiver.
• Bullets were used to separate each item.
• He was killed by an assassin's bullet.
• The impact of the bullet caused Burton to fall to the floor.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022
• Deputies found a bullet hole near the trunk of his car.
  — David Harris, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2023
• One child in the school was shot when a bullet pierced the wall of the classroom.
  — Helen Kwong, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2022
• So what’s the moral of the story? MF: Bite the bullet, just do it.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2023
• The bullet had sliced through the webbing next to his thumb.
  — John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024
• Simmons said the bullet fired at Clark may have struck the hostage.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 8 May 2023
• The young Latino man was killed by a single bullet to the back of the head.
  — Laurence Du Sault, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2022
• He had been hit by four bullets, two of them to his chest.
  — Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
• Draw it on straight from the bullet, down the nose, across cheekbones, and along the jawline.
  — Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
• The bullet sliced through his car, which was not armored.
  — Arturo Torres, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
• Not a single ounce of coal was left, so, dodged a bullet there.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
• Trump was hit in the ear before ducking from the bullets.
  — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 16 July 2024
• Viano dodged the bullets and returned fire, killing the suspect.
  — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2023
• The department confirmed that one of the the neighbors was hit by a piece of a bullet.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023
• Love is blue, and in this movie so are blood, guts, bullets, and octane.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 May 2024
• The defense said that because an AK-47 was used, the bullet could be as far as a mile away.
  — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
• She had been hit in the abdomen by a single bullet that seemed to come out of nowhere.
  — Sheila Cosgrove Baylis, Peoplemag, 4 May 2023
• The first one, where the bullet grazed his ear in Butler, Pa., seemed like a once-in-a-lifetime fluke.
  — Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2024
• McIver had fired the gun, still in the plastic bag, and a bullet went through Diane's seat and struck her in the back.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2024
• The stray bullet came from a shooting just west of the park, police said on Facebook.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 1 May 2023
• Other things win wars today, and some of the best weapons don’t fire bullets.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024
• If people who have lived here their whole lives can’t avoid the bullets, what chance does a tourist have?
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023
• After firing one bullet, the gunman fled the scene, the army said.
  — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 29 Jan. 2023
• Video footage obtained by the Union-Tribune caught the moment the bullet hit the ground and the scramble that followed.
  — Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2023
• Hogan’s 13-year-old son was hit by a bullet but survived.
  — Michael Steinberger, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2023
• Nir Oz lost a quarter of its small community to Hamas bullets and kidnappers.
  — Tamar Michaelis and Jennifer Hauser, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
• In the final moments, protagonist John is left wounded inside the house's panic room, while protagonist Jane — who has one bullet remaining — steps outside to confront evil Jane.
  — Jordana Comiter, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024