Explore Rifled through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Rifled meaning
Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
Synonyms of Rifled
Using Rifled
- The main meaning on this page is: Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
- Useful related words include: unrifled.
- In the example corpus, rifled often appears in combinations such as: and rifled, rifled barrel, rifled through.
Context around Rifled
- Average sentence length in these examples: 31.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Rifled
- In this selection, "rifled" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 31.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, obtaining, used, early, field, barrel and home stand out and add context to how "rifled" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include pass and rifled a shot and after emerson rifled home from. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "rifled" sits close to words such as abatement, abductions and absurdly, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with rifled
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The 22-year-old rifled home from inside the box in the 14th minute to give the home team the lead. (21 words)
He ghosted into the Hearts penalty box, got on the end of a Nedim Bajrami pass and rifled a shot at Craig Gordon. (23 words)
The first time they were invited into the property, one of the guests distracted the man while the other rifled through his belongings. (23 words)
Nestor Lorenzo's side eased off the throttle in the second half as they looked to control the game and see out the victory but were still able to muster another goal in the 70th minute when Richard Rios rifled in a low drive from range. (46 words)
He denied a one-time bid from Elias Lindholm on a 2-on-1 and after Ullmark’s pad stop, the Senators took off on an odd-man rush and Tkachuck rifled the game-winner past Jeremy Swayman, who totaled 31 saves in the loss. (45 words)
It proved enough time for Tottenham to go in level after Emerson rifled home from 22 yards following Maddison’s pass to continue his resurgence after he was booed onto the pitch against Aston Villa at the start of 2023. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
Because of this, military authorities saw no point in obtaining rifled field howitzers to replace their smoothbore counterparts but, instead, used rifled field guns to replace both guns and howitzers.
The use of a rifled barrel blurs the distinction between rifle and shotgun, and in fact the early rifled shotgun barrels went by the name Paradox for just that reason.
Use of a smooth bore shotgun with a rifled slug or, alternatively, a rifled barrel shotgun with a sabot slug, improves accuracy to convert or more.
India commanded the early exchanges but it was the Hockeyroos who struck first when Stewart rifled a well-executed drag flick into the backboard in the 12th minute.
It didn't matter however as Ruben Selles' side finally grabbed an equaliser on the next attack as Azeez rifled in from the edge of the box.
It proved enough time for Tottenham to go in level after Emerson rifled home from 22 yards following Maddison’s pass to continue his resurgence after he was booed onto the pitch against Aston Villa at the start of 2023.
Peralta rifled a double past first baseman Christian Walker to score Betts, who led off with an infield single, and Heyward followed with a double to right-center to score Muncy and Peralta for a 3-0 lead.
The 22-year-old rifled home from inside the box in the 14th minute to give the home team the lead.
The Bulls had their 56th minute equaliser when Mendes’ rifled strike from outside the area flew into the top corner with pinpoint precision and past helpless Montgomery.
There was no debate about this one, rifled in from 16 yards after Abdallah Sima’s clearing header fell invitingly at the Portuguese player’s feet.
He denied a one-time bid from Elias Lindholm on a 2-on-1 and after Ullmark’s pad stop, the Senators took off on an odd-man rush and Tkachuck rifled the game-winner past Jeremy Swayman, who totaled 31 saves in the loss.
He ghosted into the Hearts penalty box, got on the end of a Nedim Bajrami pass and rifled a shot at Craig Gordon.
I rifled through the columns this week, proud to be a part of the team that monthly produces hyperlocal and eclectic stories about people, places, and issues—and has done so for the past thirty years.
Nestor Lorenzo's side eased off the throttle in the second half as they looked to control the game and see out the victory but were still able to muster another goal in the 70th minute when Richard Rios rifled in a low drive from range.
Reece Byrne made it eight after ten minutes of the second half when he collected Lucas’ pass and rifled a shot into the top corner.
Saka opened the scoring for Mikel Arteta’s side in the ninth minute after running on to a Ben White long pass, beat his marker and rifled his effort into the roof of the net.
Stephon Jupiter then doubled his side’s advantage in the 33rd minute as he rifled a strike from the right side of the field into the left corner of the net.
The first time they were invited into the property, one of the guests distracted the man while the other rifled through his belongings.
The group then rifled through his pockets and stole $400 along with a cell phone — all while holding a knife to the unconscious man’s throat, according to police and video of the assault.
The visitors started on the front foot but Palace grew into the game, the best chance for either side coming three minutes before the break when Eberechi Eze rifled a shot off the crossbar.
Common combinations with rifled
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and rifled 10×
- rifled barrel 7×
- rifled through 7×
- rifled in 6×
- rifled barrels 6×
- rifled shot 5×
- with rifled 4×
- rifled field 3×
- of rifled 3×
- been rifled 3×