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Gun is an English word of 3 letters with synonyms like gunman or shooter. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Gun in a sentence

Gun meaning

  1. A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
  2. A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.

Synonyms of Gun

gunman shooter triggerman gun for hire hired gun gunslinger shot armament ordnance heavy weapon artillery weapon system arm weapon hit man

Using Gun

  • The main meaning on this page is: A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot. | A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot. | A very portable, short firearm, for hand use, which fires bullets or projectiles, such as a handgun, revolver, pistol, or Derringer.
  • Useful related words include: gunman, shooter, triggerman, gun for hire.
  • In the example corpus, gun often appears in combinations such as: the gun, gun violence, gun control.

Context around Gun

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 32.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Gun

  • In this selection, "gun" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 32.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, machine, abiding, first, owners, violence and laws stand out and add context to how "gun" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include law abiding gun owners and, 2022 bipartisan gun legislation and, gun control, machine gun and gun owners. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "gun" sits close to words such as reality, youth and episode, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with gun

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

Harris supports gun bans, gun registries, and red flag laws that strip away gun owners’ rights without due process. (19 words)

And while Republicans generally oppose stricter gun laws, support for tougher laws is more widespread among Republican non-gun owners (40%) than gun owners (13%). (25 words)

Ours is a conceptual struggle that gun never makes nor mars, and it cannot be put off with a gun; gun can only make it stronger. (26 words)

After all, the gun crime in our country occurs in cities like Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis, New Orleans, etc., all of which have one thing in common — Democratic leaders who continually push gun control as the solution for the failure of gun control. (43 words)

About 300 people showed up to the event for a roundtable discussion about gun violence in the U.S., the high rates of gun-related suicides in the South Bay and increasing number of stolen weapons and other gun-related crimes. (41 words)

A general-purpose machine gun is usually a lightweight medium machine gun which can either be used with a bipod and drum in the light machine gun role or a tripod and belt feed in the medium machine gun role. (40 words)

Me and my niggers will be robbing your fucking houses,my nigger Eddie Kavaza got a gun,i got a gun,we will gun down your foreign ass.peace y’all! (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

A Rand Corp. study published earlier this year, for instance, surveyed a group of gun experts who generally favored fewer gun restrictions, asking what would happen if a given gun policy was successful at reducing gun homicides.

If you are a legal gun owner, practice at the gun range, learn the gun laws of your state and practice safe gun ownership – but do not give up your guns.

A general-purpose machine gun is usually a lightweight medium machine gun which can either be used with a bipod and drum in the light machine gun role or a tripod and belt feed in the medium machine gun role.

California is an outlier because of its high level of hoplophobia (the irrational fear of weapons), its anti-2nd Amendment and anti-gun bias, and its bigotry against law-abiding gun owners and people who wish to become gun owners.

If you are looking for a new gun, your first gun, or want to buy your twelfth gun, there is a little bit of something for everyone, and plenty of vendors to speak to.

In 2021 while unveiling tighter gun legislation alongside Murphy, Oliver’s voice cracked as she lamented the gun violence that disproportionately affected cities in the state and lamented what she suggested was runaway gun violence.

In response to rising gun violence, Congress last year passed its first gun safety measure in decades500 state gun safety measures have passed in the past decade.

My idea of responsible gun ownership involves the responsable storage and containment of gun owners who are repeadtly in violation of the laws that promote gun ownership, reponsible or otherwise.

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There appears to be no local, state or national anti-knife groups such as the ones that advocate for gun control, such as Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety.

Biden tasked Harris with leading the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention, which helps local communities implement that 2022 bipartisan gun legislation and aids communities impacted by gun violence.

Harris supports gun bans, gun registries, and red flag laws that strip away gun owners’ rights without due process.

Murphy has incredible disdain for law-abiding gun owners, and he campaigned on gun control in a state that has some of the harshest gun laws in the country,” said Darin Goens NRA-ILA State Director.

Ours is a conceptual struggle that gun never makes nor mars, and it cannot be put off with a gun; gun can only make it stronger.

Her proposal begins with executive actions to expand background checks, close loopholes in current gun laws, and target gun traffickers and licensed gun dealers who break the law.

Me and my niggers will be robbing your fucking houses,my nigger Eddie Kavaza got a gun,i got a gun,we will gun down your foreign ass.peace y’all!

Staton also called out her home state for not doing enough to stop gun violence, citing the state’s policies on gun permits, gun owner and seller licensure, and background checks.

The amendment also could test the strength of the gun lobby in Florida, which had largely been successful pushing gun-rights legislation until the Parkland massacre led to the state's first significant gun restrictions in decades.

About 300 people showed up to the event for a roundtable discussion about gun violence in the U.S., the high rates of gun-related suicides in the South Bay and increasing number of stolen weapons and other gun-related crimes.

After all, the gun crime in our country occurs in cities like Chicago, Baltimore, St. Louis, New Orleans, etc., all of which have one thing in common — Democratic leaders who continually push gun control as the solution for the failure of gun control.

And while Republicans generally oppose stricter gun laws, support for tougher laws is more widespread among Republican non-gun owners (40%) than gun owners (13%).

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Common combinations with gun

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "gun" in a sentence?
An example: "A Rand Corp. study published earlier this year, for instance, surveyed a group of gun experts who generally favored fewer gun restrictions, asking what would happen if a given gun policy was successful at reducing gun homicides." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "gun" from authentic English texts.
What does "gun" mean?
Gun means: A device for shooting projectiles or ditto (a shooter), functioning through stored energy: a firearm, cannon, harpoon gun/spear gun, raygun, etc, not a bow and arrow, or slingshot.
What are synonyms of "gun"?
Common synonyms of "gun" include: gunman, shooter, triggerman, gun for hire, hired gun, gunslinger, shot, armament. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "gun" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "gun", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.