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.
• His brother managed to take a photograph of an X-ray showing a bullet lodged next to his spine.
  — Julie Turkewitz Federico Rios, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2023
• Jack also takes a bullet, but manages to catch up to the runaway transport and ferry his bleeding-out fiance to safety.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 2 Jan. 2023
• Such bullets are inert but look nearly identical to a real bullet when a camera peers down the barrel of a revolver.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
• The attack left her wounded with bullet fragments in her feet and Lanez’ conviction could send him to prison for more than 20 years.
  — Time, 24 Dec. 2022
• The attack left her wounded with bullet fragments in her feet and Lanez' conviction could send him to prison for more than 20 years.
  — Andrew Dalton, Chron, 24 Dec. 2022
• Police initially had very little evidence to work with, just a spent bullet shell discovered nearby on the ground.
  — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 16 Oct. 2024
• The peacock mantis shrimp, a relative of crabs and lobsters, throws a punch at 50 miles per hour, which is faster than a .22 caliber bullet.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 19 Jan. 2023
• Officials said a bullet found near the bodies of the teens had been linked to a .40-caliber pistol owned by Allen, court documents revealed.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 13 Jan. 2023
• Problems include cramped spaces for cops in bullet proof vests and duty belts leave little room for comfort and an inability to do cop things like jump curbs due to Autopilot programing.
  — Erin Marquis / Jalopnik, Quartz, 16 Oct. 2024
• Deputies found a bullet hole near the trunk of his car.
  — David Harris, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2023
• So what’s the moral of the story? MF: Bite the bullet, just do it.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2023
• Simmons said the bullet fired at Clark may have struck the hostage.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 8 May 2023
• 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

Last Updated: 6 Nov 2024