How to Use handgun in a Sentence

handgun

noun

• The pink handgun used by one of the men during the Durham robbery.
  — Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 20 Sep. 2024
• That might be a handgun, a can of bear spray, or even an ice axe.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
• The video then shows what appears to be a handgun in the woman’s hand.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 19 June 2023
• She was charged with having the handgun, as well as the possession of the drugs.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2024
• The footage showed deputies cutting a hole in Moses’ pants with a knife to retrieve a handgun.
  — Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Feb. 2023
• No handgun, no weapon of destruction should be in the hands of our young ones.
  — Sophie Carson, Journal Sentinel, 19 June 2023
• Randy shot her to death with a handgun, and pulled the wedding ring from her finger.
  — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 12 Mar. 2024
• Keep in mind that most gun deaths in this country come from handguns.
  — Amanda Morris, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
• Police said the boy tried to run away and pulled what looked like a handgun out of his pocket.
  — Cait Bladt, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2024
• In addition to the SKS rifle, a 9 mm handgun was used in the shooting.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 31 July 2023
• Seavey told the race’s officials that out of self-defense, he was forced to shoot the moose with a handgun.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 6 Mar. 2024
• Rodney ran toward the house but only made it to the door before the man caught up to him and shot him in the head with the handgun.
  — Molly Langmuir, Rolling Stone, 2 Feb. 2024
• But now, as Dontae emerged from a store, someone in a car raised a handgun and used it.
  — Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 18 Nov. 2023
• Selvy then produced a handgun and shot the 21-year-old Wadsworth man with Morales, police said.
  — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
• The younger brother began shooting at the group with a handgun.
  — Lauren De Young, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
• Police said the 15-year-old was with two 16-year-old boys when one of them produced a handgun and fired it.
  — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
• Parson was armed with a rifle and a handgun at the time of his arrest, the office added.
  — Ivana Saric, Axios, 14 Oct. 2024
• Although Seavey dispatched the moose with a handgun and field dressed it, as required per the race rules.
  — Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 14 Mar. 2024
• The two push through the police tape to see what's going on, only to see a handgun on the bathroom floor and blood.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 17 Nov. 2024
• Ortiz and Rosado were both shot once in the head with a .45 caliber handgun.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
• The gun case was the one for the 9mm Sig Sauer handgun that the father had bought just four days before the shooting, the gun his son would use to shoot up the school.
  — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
• Two - one holding a handgun, the other a rifle - crouched down next to Khazem’s body and shot him in the head at point-blank range.
  — Imogen Piper, Meg Kelly and Louisa Loveluck, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2023
• Instead, Pac pulled out a strap [handgun], and that’s when the fireworks started.
  — John L. Smith, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2024
• The killer was armed with an AR-15-style rifle and a handgun – which were both legally purchased, the sheriff said.
  — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 28 Aug. 2023
• Chitwood noted the trigger for the handgun needs just 4.6 pounds of pressure to pull the trigger.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2023
• The latest news reports said the gunman had been armed with a handgun before being killed at the scene.
  — Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
• Body camera footage shows that as the officers backed away from the house, the homeowner opened the screen door armed with a handgun.
  — Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 15 Sep. 2023
• Then, Amos lifted the handgun up and shot toward the sky three times, hoping someone would hear.
  — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 5 June 2023
• Polito was armed with a Taurus 9 mm handgun, the sheriff said.
  — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 7 Dec. 2023
• Gun switches like what Robinson imported often turn handguns into the equivalent of automatic weapons — with the ability to rapidly empty a gun's magazine with a single trigger pull.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024