How to Use riflery in a Sentence

riflery

noun

• On the front, riflery medals clinked against each other.
  — Town & Country, 10 Dec. 2012
• The Nanooks plan to go forward with three non-contact sports -- riflery, swimming and skiing.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Dec. 2020
• For over a century, it was dedicated to riflery and the shooting sports.
  — Frank Smyth, The New Republic, 28 Oct. 2020
• In no way is riflery class a complete solution to America’s problem of boys turning deadly.
  — Daniel Lee, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2018
• Rare is the Marine who does not wish to shoot better; a culture that celebrates riflery bestows credibility and respect on those who shoot best.
  — C. J. Chivers, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2016
• Of the eight sports happening now, five are indoor sports — volleyball, tennis, swimming, gymnastics and riflery.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Oct. 2020
• The school’s athletic director, Bryan Brouse, commented on Watson’s experiences in the sport of riflery.
  — al, 11 Dec. 2019
• Wigger graduated in 1960 with a degree in agronomy, became an Army officer and rose to lieutenant colonel, mostly based in Fort Benning, Ga., as a riflery instructor.
  — Frank Litsky, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2017
• Campers learned boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, horseback riding and riflery, sailing, water skiing and canoeing.
  — USA Today, 10 Jan. 2022
• State championship events have been cancelled for football, swimming, volleyball gymnastics, riflery, eSports, music and drama, debate and forensics.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Oct. 2020
• The activities impacted are football, flag football, cross country, volleyball, swimming, riflery, tennis, gymnastics and cheerleading.
  — Beth Bragg, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Aug. 2020

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