How do you use Gunman in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like gun or shooter, plus the exact meaning.
Gunman in a sentence
Gunman meaning
- A criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer.
- An American.
Synonyms of Gunman
Using Gunman
- The main meaning on this page is: A criminal armed with a gun, especially a professional killer. | An American.
- Useful related words include: gun, shooter, manslayer, liquidator.
- In the example corpus, gunman often appears in combinations such as: the gunman, gunman who, gunman was.
Context around Gunman
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 15 start, 3 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gunman
- In this selection, "gunman" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, corner, german, alleged, killed, recently and shooting stand out and add context to how "gunman" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a german gunman killed six and a gunman is believed. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gunman" sits close to words such as blank, invention and pointer, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gunman
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Alleged gunman goes on trial for murder of Gerard. (9 words)
A deputy rushed to confront the Cook’s Corner gunman. (10 words)
A gunman nearly a year ago at another Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia. (12 words)
Metro police ‘neutralized’ the gunman at the bank, in the area of the 300 block of East Main Street, in the downtown area of the city, located just hours from Nashville, where a gunman recently opened fire at a Christian school and killed six people. (45 words)
After a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School five years ago, their families were left with a burning question: How do we go on with our lives while honoring our loved one's memory? (44 words)
A huge manhunt was launched to track down the gunman of what marks the worst mass shooting in the US since 21 young students and teachers were killed in a massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (38 words)
After a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School five years ago, their families were left with a burning question: How do we go on with our lives while honoring our loved one's memory? (44 words)
Example sentences (20)
Metro police ‘neutralized’ the gunman at the bank, in the area of the 300 block of East Main Street, in the downtown area of the city, located just hours from Nashville, where a gunman recently opened fire at a Christian school and killed six people.
The officers then saw a gunman shooting at someone on the ground, at which point the officers opened fire on the gunman and struck him in the leg, Westerfield said.
Authorities said the gunman arrived in a vehicle registered to Reinking, though the gunman was last seen walking away from the scene nude.
About 20 to 30 minutes after the first attack, the gunman entered the Lai Lai Ballroom in the nearby city of Alhambra.
A Chicago police officer who was badly wounded during a shootout with a gunman Wednesday evening on the Southwest Side succumbed to his injuries, officials said.
A deputy rushed to confront the Cook’s Corner gunman.
After a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members at Parkland's Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School five years ago, their families were left with a burning question: How do we go on with our lives while honoring our loved one's memory?
After several minutes, he finds the gunman and shoots him several times, putting an end to the rampage.
A German gunman killed six people as well as an unborn child at a Jehovah’s Witnesses center in Hamburg, Germany, in March just before taking his own life after the mass shooting.
A gunman is believed to be among those killed, police said, without releasing any casualty figure.
A gunman nearly a year ago at another Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia.
A gunman opened fire Monday night at Michigan State University, killing three people and wounding five more, before fatally shooting himself miles away after an hours-long manhunt that forced frightened students to hide in the dark.
A gunman who allegedly open fired in a Pittsburgh neighborhood after being served an eviction notice has died, according to law enforcement officials.
A gunman who randomly fired shots in Chiloquin Thursday and rattled the tiny community before being captured is now facing charges of attempted murder.
A huge manhunt was launched to track down the gunman of what marks the worst mass shooting in the US since 21 young students and teachers were killed in a massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
Alleged gunman goes on trial for murder of Gerard.
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.
A mystery gunman pulled the trigger on his 37-year-old male victim around 8 p.m. at 130 Street and 9th Avenue in College Point, an intersection that lies at the opening of Powell’s Cove Park.
An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School on 24 May in the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade.
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×