How to Use semiautomatic in a Sentence

semiautomatic

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• Tucked inside the green bag next to the singer was a .45-caliber semiautomatic handgun, which added to the charges against him.
  — Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
• Four masked men armed with semiautomatic weapons leaped out of a blue van that had been pre-positioned on the left side of the road.
  — Tom Sancton, Town & Country, 31 Mar. 2022
• The judge said there was enough evidence for Rocky to face the two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
  — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Nov. 2023
• The gunman was armed with a semiautomatic handgun, one of the weapons that he was legally allowed to own.
  — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
• And just like the Texas shooter, he was armed with an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle.
  — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 27 May 2022
• At the national level, the House passed a bill last week to raise the minimum age to buy semiautomatic rifles to 21.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 15 June 2022
• He is charged with one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm in that incident.
  — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
• The school staff did not search the 15-year-old’s backpack, where a semiautomatic handgun was stashed at one point, officials say.
  — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
• In August 2022, Rocky pleaded not guilty to two charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
  — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 12 Sep. 2023
• The 9mm semiautomatic handgun, which belonged to the girl’s mother, was inside the girl’s bag and was loaded with four rounds, reports say.
  — Cliff Pinckard, cleveland, 28 Sep. 2022
• Witnesses have told reporters the younger Gray slipped out of math class and returned with a semiautomatic weapon.
  — Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
• At the time of his arrest in the federal case, the man was allegedly driving with 15 pounds of cannabis and a semiautomatic handgun.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2022
• His mother, Maggie Murdaugh, was shot five times –including to the back of the head – with a semiautomatic rifle and died about 30 yards from her son.
  — Fox News, 19 Jan. 2023
• Customers bring in cars for repairs with handguns and semiautomatic rifles piled on the seats, Mr. Rabee said.
  — Cameron McWhirter, WSJ, 16 Sep. 2022
• The gun the child is alleged to have used, a Taurus 9 mm semiautomatic handgun, was recovered at the scene, police said.
  — NBC News, 2 May 2022
• Investigators found a semiautomatic gun on the sidewalk near the shooting, but police do not know who had the gun at the time of the shooting.
  — Fox News, 27 Oct. 2021
• Paul’s mother, Maggie Murdaugh, was shot at least five times – including in the back of the head – with a semiautomatic rifle and died about 30 yards from her son.
  — Fox News, 8 Feb. 2023
• Lanez pleaded not guilty to charges including assault with a semiautomatic firearm in 2020, which required Megan to have surgery on a foot.
  — Vulture, 4 Nov. 2022
• In New York, lawmakers passed legislation this week to revise its red flag laws and raise the age to buy a semiautomatic weapon from 18 to 21.
  — ABC News, 5 June 2022
• She is considered to be armed with a silver and pink semiautomatic gun.
  — Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 6 Dec. 2021
• The shooter, who then killed himself, used a Glock handgun and an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle, at least one of which was painted with a swastika.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 26 Sep. 2023
• There is a weapon, a semiautomatic weapon, AR-15, high-powered rifle that the suspect was using.
  — CBS News, 14 July 2024
• The attack was the latest act of gun violence in what has been a record pace of mass shootings in the U.S. so far this year, some of which have also involved semiautomatic rifles.
  — Juan A. Lozano, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Apr. 2023
• Following the shooting, a bill to raise the the minimum age for buying some semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 failed.
  — Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2024
• The experts were firing from the same spots as Cruz, with an identical AR-15-style semiautomatic rifle, and the bullets were to be caught by a safety device.
  — Terry Spencer and Freida Frisaro, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
• This shooter in Half Moon Bay obtained the semiautomatic handgun used in the shooting legally.
  — Fifth & Mission Podcast, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Jan. 2023
• Police went to the apartment and took possession of the gun, a Smith & Wesson semiautomatic pistol.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 13 May 2024
• The justices have yet to decide whether to review a separate challenge to the state’s ban on certain semiautomatic firearms.
  — Ann E. Marimow and Shayna Jacobs, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2022
• He is accused of using a semiautomatic AR-style rifle to kill two fellow students and two teachers.
  — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 7 Sep. 2024
• He was taken to a hospital, while the semiautomatic dropped in the parking lot was found empty, according to court documents.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 21 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024