as in pistol
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of revolver
Body camera footage from a second officer showed the man, clad in a white T-shirt and jeans and walking outside the fast-food restaurant raising what police said was the .38-caliber revolver officers recovered next to Tolliver after he was shot.
—
Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
The movie is finally being released on Friday, three and a half years after its cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, was shot and killed by a real bullet fired from an old-fashioned revolver that its star, Alec Baldwin, was rehearsing with on a set in New Mexico.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Law enforcement confirmed a 20-year-old suspect used a service revolver belonging to his mother, a longtime Leon County sheriff’s deputy.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Men dressed as 1880s gunfighters are forever clomping up and down wooden sidewalks with jingling spurs and holstered revolvers on their belts.
—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for revolver
Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025
The movie is finally being released on Friday, three and a half years after its cinematographer, Halyna Hutchins, was shot and killed by a real bullet fired from an old-fashioned revolver that its star, Alec Baldwin, was rehearsing with on a set in New Mexico.
—Julia Jacobs, New York Times, 1 May 2025
Law enforcement confirmed a 20-year-old suspect used a service revolver belonging to his mother, a longtime Leon County sheriff’s deputy.
—Romy Ellenbogen, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Men dressed as 1880s gunfighters are forever clomping up and down wooden sidewalks with jingling spurs and holstered revolvers on their belts.
—Richard Grant, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for revolver
Recent Examples of Synonyms for revolver
Noun
-
Forget about the cheetah’s speed, the eagle’s eyesight or the elephant’s brute strength, and say hello to the invisible glass frog, the indestructible honey badger and the pistol shrimp who can fire bubbles that are as hot as the surface of the sun.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2025
-
He was disguised with a knit stocking and sunglasses and carried a pistol, according to KHBS/KHOG-TV.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
Noun
-
One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, a 26-year-old white supremacist and Confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth pointed a .44 caliber derringer pistol at the back of Abraham Lincoln’s head and squeezed the trigger.—
Brian Matthew Jordan,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
-
This victim’s vision seems weird and fraudulent when Priscilla casually color-coordinates derringer pistols with designer dresses.—
Armond White,
National Review,
3 Nov. 2023
Noun
-
Prosecutors said the suspect fired two rounds from a handgun down the street at the vehicle after his daughter's classmates had egged his house.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
29 May 2025
-
There, officers located Day, injured, and Byers, who pointed a handgun at police.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
29 May 2025
Noun
-
Richard’s odds are lousier than Reacher’s were when Beck forced Reacher to play because this revolver is a five-shot model instead of a six-shooter.—
Chris Klimek,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2025
-
The back page of the report featured the cartoon character Yosemite Sam holding a six-shooter in each hand.—
Corey G. Johnson,
ProPublica,
5 Feb. 2025
Noun
-
Scott, formerly of Hartford, was convicted of kidnapping resulting in Velez’s death and with causing the death of Velez through the use of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
29 May 2025
-
The bill has come under scrutiny, as a similar type of firearm was used in a 2018 school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Noun
-
Coop ended up getting arrested when the murder weapon, a gun, was found in his car — a murder weapon that was planted there by Sam to frame Coop. Related Stories But in the season finale, which released Friday, viewers discovered that there was never a murder.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
2 June 2025
-
Ceja reportedly pulled out a gun and shot Joss before fleeing.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
Noun
-
Outside of a fluke infield single from Jo Adell, Neto’s home run was all the Angels mustered against the funky, sidearm delivery of the New York southpaw through six innings.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
27 May 2025
-
Dunn has a half-dozen of his men — burly guards with sidearms holstered to their hips, dressed in black tactical uniforms that appear to have been lifted from Josh Brolin’s wardrobe in Sicario — scouting the area, literally looking for trouble.—
Jason McGahan,
The Hollywood Reporter,
30 Jan. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Revolver.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/revolver. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share