How to Use carbine in a Sentence

carbine

noun

• The man was Anthony Rauda, and the gun in his backpack was a carbine.
  — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
• This is a quick-handling carbine that performs way above its price.
  — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 18 Feb. 2021
• A soldier can aim his or her carbine downrange and the live feed from the night vision sight appears in the eyepiece's field of view.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 25 May 2017
• Jerry Beatson of Rockford, Ill., was beside me and leveled his carbine at the top of the building.
  — Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2019
• At times, this place resembles one of those movies in which Schwarzenegger emerges out of walls of smoke, carrying a carbine and a scowl.
  — Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 20 June 2019
• Jennings pulled a white handkerchief from his pocket and raised it on the barrel of Papurt's carbine.
  — oregonlive, 11 Nov. 2019
• Some carbine models had a barrel band, but most models did not.
  — Bryce M. Towsley, Outdoor Life, 9 Dec. 2020
• The standoff ended when Aledda fired three shots from an M4 carbine without a scope, hitting Kinsey in the thigh.
  — David Ovalle, miamiherald, 7 May 2017
• The same holds true with the Colt M4 carbine rifle that was fired, which is a gun used in military combat operations all around the world.
  — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 22 Oct. 2017
• Could the U.S. Army finally be coming around to criticism of the M4 carbine rifle?
  — Sharon Weinberger, WIRED, 23 June 2008
• One of the most unusual pieces of Jonny’s kit—from the standpoint of American viewers, at least—is the SA80 assault carbine.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 Dec. 2020
• In that context, the U.S. Army has apparently decided that the M4 carbine is good enough.
  — Jeremy Hsu, Discover Magazine, 29 Jan. 2015
• One of the fighters was clutching an American M4 carbine.
  — Mujib Mashal, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2021
• Each wore a full combat uniform and hefted an M4 carbine weapon, water and a rucksack, gear that totals about 70 pounds.
  — Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News, 2 May 2021
• The Nashville shooter was armed with three firearms: a 9mm pistol caliber carbine, a 9mm handgun and an assault-style rifle.
  — Shimon Prokupecz, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
• Their similarity to the M4 carbine in function could give them a leg up on the competition.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 June 2018
• The Army wants new weapons that improve upon the existing M4 carbine and M249 squad automatic weapon.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 Oct. 2020
• The new rifles also have what appears to be an M-4 carbine-style buffer tube for attaching buttstocks and adjusting the weapon’s length of pull.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 3 May 2018
• Handle pistol and carbine weapons with a skilled instructor.
  — Amy Aumick, OrlandoSentinel.com, 7 May 2018
• The gun industry is also out in full force with a full array of rifles, pistols, carbines, optics, ammo night-vision and more to choose from.
  — Allison Barrie, Fox News, 16 May 2017
• Shotguns are limited in range and capacity, but a carbine does it all.
  — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 24 Apr. 2023
• The Army's program to replace the M4 carbine with a larger, harder-hitting rifle is dead, canceled after just under two months.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 Sep. 2017
• The pistol caliber carbine has a 16-inch barrel but shoots the same ammunition as the 9 mm handgun, according to Gutowski.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
• Moody’s favorite pastimes were listening to jazz, working in the garden, fishing, and hunting deer with a Ruger .44-caliber carbine.
  — Susan Seubert, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2021
• The carbine comes with an additional mag well that accepts Glock magazines, and other mag wells are available.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 1 Mar. 2021
• Despite knowing this, many MSR manufacturers use a 16-inch barrel paired with a carbine-length gas system meant for a 14-inch barrel.
  — Field & Stream, 1 Oct. 2020
• Recoil and noise are substantially less than common rifle cartridges and this makes for a very controllable carbine.
  — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 27 July 2020
• Originally designed for troops to kill enemy fighters, the weapon became the military’s M16 and the shorter M4 carbine.
  — Richard A. Oppel Jr., New York Times, 15 Feb. 2018
• The Army traditionally favors full-sized rifles or pistols, and now carbines.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2019
• Plus can turn a regular M4A1 carbine into a weapon capable of engaging both enemy troops and drones.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 3 June 2020

Last Updated: 9 Aug 2024