How do you use Gunman in a sentence? See 20 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like shooter or shot, plus the exact meaning.
Gunman in a sentence
Gunman meaning
- A criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer.
- An American.
Example sentences (20)
Gunfire erupted around 9 p.m. in a parking lot near Ocean View Park, prompting a search for a gunman, police said.
Ten people were killed when a gunman opened fire in a ballroom dance studio in Monterey Park, CA, on Saturday night.
In 2017, a gunman opened fire on a country music festival in Las Vegas, killing 60 people and wounding hundreds more.
About 20 to 30 minutes after the first attack, the gunman entered the Lai Lai Ballroom in the nearby city of Alhambra.
On Feb. 13, 43-year-old gunman Anthony Dwayne McRae opened fire on Michigan State students in two different buildings.
On Monday morning, an undisclosed restaurant on Shedden Road, east of North Sound Road, was robbed by a masked gunman.
Israel's military said three of its soldiers and a gunman were killed near the border with Egypt on Saturday.
Security officials said on Monday the gunman was traced and killed in a shootout in the northwest, near the Afghan border.
Michigan State Police and Public Safety on Monday night tweeted a photo it says shows the gunman on campus.
As customers fled out the back, the gunman shot a third victim, Gallion, after he walked into the store with his girlfriend.
An armed police officer thought he was going to die as he was confronted by a gunman pointing a handgun at him, a court heard.
Cops say that prior to the university shooting, the gunman killed his father at home before his rampage.
After several minutes, he finds the gunman and shoots him several times, putting an end to the rampage.
During a Lunar New Year celebration, he wrestled the semi-automatic pistol away from a gunman who had already killed 11 people.
A man accused of being the driver in the shooting of a council worker has told a court he was “blatantly lied to” by the gunman.
A masked gunman blasted a shotgun through the front door of a mum's home in an alleged plot to murder her partner, a court heard.
Austin Lyle, the alleged gunman in Wednesday’s school shooting in Denver, reportedly had a history of bringing weapons on campus.
Haley and Scott attended the funerals of those slain by a racist gunman at Mother Emanuel AME Church.
Many of the victims’ families, though not all, had pushed for the gunman to receive a death sentence.
An official walks near a wooded area during a search for a gunman on Feb. 10, 2023, in Fallston, Md.
Common combinations with gunman
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the gunman 85×
- gunman who 23×
- gunman was 14×
- gunman killed 14×
- gunman opened 12×
- gunman and 10×
- after gunman 10×
- by gunman 8×
- when gunman 8×
- gunman on 6×
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