How to Use nunchuck in a Sentence

nunchuck

noun

• One is a years-long effort to expand Second Amendment rights to weapons that are not firearms, such as nunchucks, stun guns and batons.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
• JHud enforces the law with two sets of nunchucks, Miley uses a series of pirouette moves to take down a gang and Blake and Adam deliver some hits.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 29 Aug. 2017
• Garcia followed him outside with a pair of nunchucks, and the two started brawling, Baytown police said in a release.
  — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2018
• Garcia allegedly hit Liepold with the nunchucks, and Liepold responded by stabbing Garcia in the back of the head, arm and hand, according to police.
  — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 25 Feb. 2018
• Most candles extinguished by nunchucks in one minute Xie Desheng snuffed out 52 open flames with nothing but ninja-like precision.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 8 Sep. 2019
• Requests included replacing the shift knob with a Nintendo Wii nunchuck controller (Atkin obliged).
  — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 20 July 2022
• But researchers have now shown a robot how to flip nunchucks to demonstrate an intuitive approach for teaching complex manual tasks.
  — Edd Gent, Science | AAAS, 25 Sep. 2017
• If the Second Amendment is not limited to firearms, Monday’s ruling also calls into question state-level bans on weapons like truncheons, saps, billy clubs, nunchucks, and the like.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 9 Aug. 2023
• Sarafina Bush's deliberately tacky costumes are a hoot, and the frequent dance numbers, many of them incorporating martial arts moves (and nunchucks as well!), are a lot of fun.
  — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2019
• But there was a problem with the initial designs for the film’s four reptile heroes: Instead of looking like muscular teens, these Turtles were scrawny and malnourished, barely strong enough to wield nunchucks or hurl a throwing star.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 26 July 2023
• What follows is the film’s funniest scene, as the suddenly spry Amy, in an attempt to save her friends, refashions sausages into nunchucks and sandwich tinfoil into explosives.
  — Teo Bugbee, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2017
• And neither is the notion that Beyoncé's main inspiration for Lemonade was a nunchucks-wielding Cara Delevingne.
  — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2017
• That vision comes down to mixing together worlds, with nods to privilege (a silver spoon jutting out from a model’s mouth) or sometimes stereotypical odes to Asian culture (a denim and suede purse made out of nunchucks).
  — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 12 June 2018
• Also declared unconstitutional have been New York State’s ban on nunchucks and Connecticut’s ban on transporting a police baton when moving it to a new home.
  — David B. Kopel, National Review, 12 Sep. 2019
• Fortunately, our main man is decked out in a kevlar suit plus has an endless supply of ammunition, a penchant for head shots (for real, no one’s as obsessed with deadly follow-through) and a decent handle on nunchucks.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
• Oliver began by making fun of Brnovich’s infamous nunchuck videos, which to a comedian is like shooting fish in a barrel, something Oliver acknowledged.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 13 June 2022
• Officers also found various weapons inside, including samurai swords, nunchucks and knives.
  — Fox News, 12 Apr. 2020

Last Updated: 18 Oct 2024