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How do you use Blunderbuss in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like musket, plus the exact meaning.

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Blunderbuss meaning

An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.

Synonyms of Blunderbuss

musket

Using Blunderbuss

  • The main meaning on this page is: An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
  • Useful related words include: musket.
  • In the example corpus, blunderbuss often appears in combinations such as: the blunderbuss.

Context around Blunderbuss

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 34.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Blunderbuss

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

for the blunderbuss was not 1× from the blunderbuss and this 1× writes a blunderbuss of an 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

and this country 1× nobody writes a 1× the giant on 1×

Common sentence endings:

in silicon valley 1× investigate the area 1× rare at that 1×

Words around Blunderbuss

Just before it in the word index:

blunder 176 blunden 16 blundell 34 blumstein 3 blummenfelt 3 blumm 3

Just after it in the word index:

blundered 18 blunderer 6 blundering 19 blunders 96 blundstone 5 blunk 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadujeevitham 7 aani 7 aarne 7 aasb 7 aasen 7 aashiqui 7

Corpus analysis for Blunderbuss

  • In this selection, "blunderbuss" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 34.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include for the blunderbuss was not and from the blunderbuss and this. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "blunderbuss" sits close to words such as aadujeevitham, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with blunderbuss

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

And this country was not yet civilised, for the blunderbuss was not superseded: it was indeed the only kind of gun that there was, and rare at that. (28 words)

Nobody writes a blunderbuss of an internal post at an internet company without wanting it to be read widely and leaked, least of all a top executive at the most scrutinized company in Silicon Valley. (35 words)

The giant, on returning home, relates to his friends that there are no more knights in the Middle Kingdom, just stinging flies—actually the scrap metal shot from the blunderbuss—and this entices a dragon, Chrysophylax Dives, to investigate the area. (41 words)

Longer example sentences

The giant, on returning home, relates to his friends that there are no more knights in the Middle Kingdom, just stinging flies—actually the scrap metal shot from the blunderbuss—and this entices a dragon, Chrysophylax Dives, to investigate the area. (41 words)

Nobody writes a blunderbuss of an internal post at an internet company without wanting it to be read widely and leaked, least of all a top executive at the most scrutinized company in Silicon Valley. (35 words)

And this country was not yet civilised, for the blunderbuss was not superseded: it was indeed the only kind of gun that there was, and rare at that. (28 words)

Example sentences (3)

Nobody writes a blunderbuss of an internal post at an internet company without wanting it to be read widely and leaked, least of all a top executive at the most scrutinized company in Silicon Valley.

And this country was not yet civilised, for the blunderbuss was not superseded: it was indeed the only kind of gun that there was, and rare at that.

The giant, on returning home, relates to his friends that there are no more knights in the Middle Kingdom, just stinging flies—actually the scrap metal shot from the blunderbuss—and this entices a dragon, Chrysophylax Dives, to investigate the area.

Common combinations with blunderbuss

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "blunderbuss" in a sentence?
An example: "Nobody writes a blunderbuss of an internal post at an internet company without wanting it to be read widely and leaked, least of all a top executive at the most scrutinized company in Silicon Valley." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "blunderbuss" from authentic English texts.
What does "blunderbuss" mean?
Blunderbuss means: An old style of muzzleloading firearm and early form of shotgun with a distinctive short, large caliber barrel that is flared at the muzzle, therefore able to fire scattered quantities of nails, stones, shot, etc. at short range.
What are synonyms of "blunderbuss"?
Common synonyms of "blunderbuss" include: musket.
How many example sentences with "blunderbuss" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "blunderbuss", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.