Wondering how to use Handgun in a sentence? Below are 20 example sentences from real English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as pistol or firearm.
Handgun in a sentence
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Handgun meaning
A small gun with a relatively short barrel, designed to be held and operated with a single hand.
Example sentences (20)
As they awaited police, the suspect “produced a handgun and shot the owner of the vehicle,” the police chief said.
Police discovered an AR-15-style rifle and another handgun with a high-capacity magazine on the driver’s floorboard.
All three victims were Black; the killer used a swastika-emblazoned handgun and rifle and left hate-filled writings.
Especially after one officer spotted a black handgun laying on the floorboard of the driver's side of the vehicle.
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According to charging documents, Whitaker displayed a handgun and demanded money from a female at the residence.
However, the homeowner quickly reacts by throwing his cup, drawing a handgun, and opening fire on the fleeing intruder.
The passed bill that is so precious to that august body eliminates the need for a permit in order to purchase a handgun.
The friend to whom he delivered a handgun at a Tuscaloosa bar after 1 a.m. on a Saturday in January did that.
Police have said the boy brought a 9 mm handgun to school and intentionally shot his teacher, Abby Zwerner,.
The Iowa man who raised concerns after police said he brought a rifle and handgun to a lakefront hotel has pleaded guilty.
And on August 6, we recovered a loaded handgun which had been converted from a blank-firing weapon to a live-firing weapon.
Police chief Steve Drew said the boy shot and wounded the teacher with a handgun in a first-year classroom.
Mr. Moses, who had a Glock handgun when he was arrested, was charged with one count of murder in the killing of Ms. Augustin.
Police say in a mere 24 hours, a printer can make a handgun using data readily available on the internet.
Customs officers seized nine shipments concealing 55 switches that can unlawfully convert a handgun into an automatic weapon.
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.
A search in national databases revealed that the handgun had been reported stolen in Durham, North Carolina, on June 18, 1985.
He killed both of them with the Lieutenant's handgun and continued back to the trenches with the dying officer on his shoulders.
He then grabbed the friend’s handgun and began firing after forcing his way into the home, Daphne police Sgt. Jason Vannoy said.
Common combinations with handgun
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- handgun and 46×
- with handgun 21×
- and handgun 13×
- handgun was 13×
- handgun in 13×
- loaded handgun 12×
- handgun at 11×
- of handgun 10×
- mm handgun 9×
- the handgun 7×
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