How to Use shotgun in a Sentence

shotgun

noun

• For someone to start with the shotgun and leave the rifle.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 7 Oct. 2023
• This time, the team snared it and dispatched it with a 12 gauge shotgun.
  — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 30 Aug. 2023
• So, Paul was shot first … he was shot twice with a shotgun.
  — CBS News, 4 Mar. 2023
• Both the bench and the rear sport buckets are padded enough that calling shotgun will be a game of the past.
  — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 10 July 2023
• At the same time, hunting and shotgun trends tend to be cyclical.
  — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Mar. 2024
• The deputy holding the shotgun stays in the same spot and aims the weapon at what appears to be someone coming out of the garage.
  — Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
• Jared Goff took the shotgun snap and Reynolds quickly broke open on an option route past the line to gain.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2024
• The goats rode shotgun, their seat covered in plastic and hay.
  — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
• In the courtroom, his lawyer, Jim Griffin, held up a shotgun.
  — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2023
• Red herrings like the guy with the shotgun who ran and never returned.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• But hopes of a quick cash grab and a Vegas-style shotgun wedding are gone.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 6 June 2023
• Cline wrote that a records trace of the shotgun revealed a relative of Porter’s had bought it.
  — Zaeem Shaikh, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2023
• Stopping some 30 feet away, the zebra once again stared at the men, who had shotguns pointed in the air.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2023
• The gunman fired at least 65 rounds from an AR-15, six from a shotgun and five from a handgun.
  — Arelis R. Hernández, Washington Post, 15 Nov. 2023
• An X-ray revealed that a .410-gauge shotgun pellet hit the agent’s leg.
  — Timothy Nerozzi, Fox News, 9 June 2023
• More like don’t look down the barrel of Alec Baldwin’s shotgun.
  — William Earl, Variety, 13 June 2023
• The Bengals’ offense took 52 of their 54 snaps against the Browns from shotgun, and Burrow had the ninth-fastest time to throw of his career.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2023
• He’s been riding shotgun with me for a little while now.
  — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 6 Feb. 2024
• Sometime after that video was taken, Paul was shot in the chest and head with a shotgun at close range.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
• The next day, Jan. 5, Andrew sought out the family shotgun.
  — Kathleen McGrory, ProPublica, 6 Jan. 2024
• According to the prosecution, Paul was shot in the chest and head with a shotgun at close range.
  — Steve Helling, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2023
• Bryan joined the chase in his own truck and recorded Travis McMichael shooting Arbery at close range with a shotgun.
  — Russ Bynum, ajc, 11 Mar. 2023
• He was found guilty of fatally shooting Bianca with a 12-gauge shotgun blast to the chest.
  — David Chiu, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
• On one side of the flyer, Taylor, with a subtle smile, holds a shotgun over one shoulder.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2024
• The detective said that the shotgun was recovered from the bedroom.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 14 Aug. 2023
• Paul was shot by a shotgun, which caused catastrophic damage to the top of his head.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 10 Mar. 2023
• Hipkins said the shooter was armed with a pump-action shotgun.
  — Nick Perry and Jenna Fryer, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2023
• Under Winner’s bed, which was draped in a Pokémon blanket, were a Glock and a shotgun.
  — Ava Kofman, The New York Review of Books, 1 Feb. 2024
• There's a power in being second, by being the shotgun, being the force.
  — Alex Ross, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2024
• There’s also no legal requirement for gun owners to register firearms or have a license for rifles and shotguns.
  — Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 25 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024