How to Use pistol in a Sentence

pistol

noun

• When Miller stopped the car, Rice put the pistol to the back of Miller's head and pulled the trigger.
  — Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024
• The man then grabbed the pistol, cocked the weapon and pointed it at the worker.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2022
• The deputies found a Ruger .45 pistol in the area that was covered in blood.
  — Ron Wood, Arkansas Online, 13 Oct. 2022
• The point of a pistol is to shoot someone who is unarmed.
  — Jesse Ball, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
• When he couldn’t, he was pistol whipped and brought back to the car, the documents say.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
• A few feet away, Carneal put in his ear plugs and took the Ruger pistol out of his bag at around 7:45 a.m.
  — Timothy Bella, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2022
• The one with the bad reputation asked to try the air pistol.
  — Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2022
• One of the assailants retrieved a pistol and chased after the 16-year-old.
  — Emily Alvarenga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Dec. 2022
• The woman told police that White, her ex-boyfriend, had struck her in the face with a pistol and fled.
  — Clifford Ward, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2023
• The officer drew his pistol and pinned Grisham to the hood.
  — Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
• The Falcons had no rushes in the shotgun and an 81% run play rate out of pistol.
  — Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2024
• That prompted McAtee to pull a pistol from his hip and fire a shot.
  — Dylan Lovan, ajc, 8 Oct. 2022
• The pistol was found underwater on one side of a small bridge that spans the canal.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
• The Jacksonville plant also makes pistol night sights and sits on more than 60 acres.
  — John Magsam, Arkansas Online, 7 Oct. 2023
• Dearman then managed to pry a .45 pistol from one of the victims and shot him.
  — Emma Tucker, CNN, 11 Apr. 2024
• Races started with a pistol shot, and judges started a hand timer to be stopped when the winner crossed the line.
  — Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2024
• Witnesses said the 17-year-old had pointed the black pistol at the victim and his friends.
  — oregonlive, 11 Apr. 2023
• Reed fired his pistol once, shooting the cousin in her torso, the warrant said.
  — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Feb. 2024
• The man then got a pistol out of a pickup truck and began shooting at the other two men.
  — Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
• Lewis later said the pistol had simply slipped from the dashboard to the floorboard.
  — Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2022
• The driver was found with a pistol in his front right pocket and was disarmed.
  — Jason Wolf, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2024
• When the wife fires a warning shot with her pistol, the moose finally runs away.
  — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• The witness heard noises and screaming, and then saw Miller armed with a pistol.
  — Ivana Hrynkiw | [e-mail], al, 25 Aug. 2022
• Pow pow pow goes a pistol, and a Native warrior falls down.
  — The New Yorker, 21 June 2024
• The victim also told police that one of the suspects was armed with a pistol.
  — Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2024
• So, just because your career didn’t take off at the starter pistol doesn’t mean the race is already over.
  — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 22 Sep. 2023
• The juvenile, who was asked to meet the three acquaintances, was armed with a pistol.
  — Howard Koplowitz | [e-mail], al, 10 Oct. 2022
• Chow, armed with a pistol, and his son chased Carmack-Belton and the boy fell down, then got back up.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 31 May 2023
• In the video, he is confronted by a man holding a pistol, identified by the authorities as Mr. Stines.
  — Kendra Sanchez, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
• The professionals carefully position a pistol in his hand, put the barrel to his temple, and pull the trigger.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 25 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024