On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Crossbows. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Crossbows meaning
plural of crossbow
Using Crossbows
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of crossbow
- In the example corpus, crossbows often appears in combinations such as: with crossbows, and crossbows, crossbows were.
Context around Crossbows
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 10 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Crossbows
- In this selection, "crossbows" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, contemporary, limit, bolts, catapults and firearms stand out and add context to how "crossbows" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include rifles and crossbows and 271 with crossbows. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "crossbows" sits close to words such as aayog, aghast and agitate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with crossbows
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
When will Government act on crossbows? (6 words)
Weapons – crossbows, knives and bear spray. (6 words)
Hunters harvested 250 bears with vertical bows and 271 with crossbows. (11 words)
Figures reveal that the number of cats targeted with air guns, catapults, or crossbows has more than doubled in the first half of this year, with 44 incidents across the UK compared to 18 during the same period in 2023. (40 words)
That’s still only about a third of the speed of sound, meaning the sound of the shot (which is louder with crossbows) will reach a deer’s sensitive ears before the arrow does. (34 words)
Alongside ‘The Golden Shit’, a reboot of the 1970s Bob Monkhouse vehicle, in which the original crossbows will be replaced with clinical dysentery patients, ITV is hopeful of winning the ratings war this Autumn. (34 words)
When will Government act on crossbows? (6 words)
Julie, seated in the middle of the action group, held a sign reading: “Shot With Crossbows! (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
Crossbows were eventually replaced in warfare by more powerful gunpowder weapons, although early guns had slower rates of fire and much worse accuracy than contemporary crossbows.
Eleven other states limit crossbows only to firearm season, including Alaska and Washington.
Hunters harvested 250 bears with vertical bows and 271 with crossbows.
Incidents include residents threatening road workers with weapons, such as machetes, crossbows and dogs.
Restoration Games announced this week that Crossbows & Catapults will be returning to tabletops soon.
At that time, pistol grip crossbows were prohibited but scopes were allowed.
Figures reveal that the number of cats targeted with air guns, catapults, or crossbows has more than doubled in the first half of this year, with 44 incidents across the UK compared to 18 during the same period in 2023.
Julie, seated in the middle of the action group, held a sign reading: “Shot With Crossbows!
When will Government act on crossbows?
Instead of catapults and crossbows, firearms are the tools used in modern “castle” defense.
Legal hunting equipment includes shotguns using ammunition loaded with No. 4 shot or smaller, longbows, recurve bows, compound bows, and crossbows.
That’s still only about a third of the speed of sound, meaning the sound of the shot (which is louder with crossbows) will reach a deer’s sensitive ears before the arrow does.
Weapons – crossbows, knives and bear spray.
Whall's association with crossbows, said the prosecution, was the first piece of the jigsaw.
Alongside ‘The Golden Shit’, a reboot of the 1970s Bob Monkhouse vehicle, in which the original crossbows will be replaced with clinical dysentery patients, ITV is hopeful of winning the ratings war this Autumn.
By 12 November last year he had bought another two crossbows, bolts, a hammer, a knife in a homemade sheath, cable ties and duct tape.
Geralt is definitely built for using Signs and for using his swords but when it comes to crossbows, he lacks some skill.
Information provided to the organisation in the past 12 months has helped remove 88 illegal guns from Victorian streets,including handguns, air rifles and crossbows.
On the morning of November 12 2018, he took up position in the garden shed armed with two crossbows, bolts, a knife, duct tape, cable ties and a hammer.
They also found a large number of weapons, including pistols, hunting rifles, and crossbows.
Common combinations with crossbows
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- with crossbows 5×
- and crossbows 5×
- crossbows were 3×
- crossbows and 3×
- of crossbows 3×
- crossbows are 3×
- or crossbows 2×
- crossbows will 2×
- two crossbows 2×
- crossbows bolts 2×