How do you use Truncheons in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Truncheons meaning
plural of truncheon
Using Truncheons
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of truncheon
- In the example corpus, truncheons often appears in combinations such as: with truncheons, truncheons and, their truncheons.
Context around Truncheons
- Average sentence length in these examples: 18.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 5 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Truncheons
- In this selection, "truncheons" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 18.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rifles, charging, rubber, fired, pepper and fought stand out and add context to how "truncheons" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include acting with truncheons and ak47 rifles truncheons and other. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "truncheons" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with truncheons
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Police began charging truncheons as soon as the BNP activists sat there. (12 words)
They used tear gas and truncheons, and drove armoured vehicles into the crowd. (13 words)
The riot was finally put down by troops and police acting with truncheons. (13 words)
In response to weekly protests, human rights groups have documented excessive and unlawful force by security forces against protesters with impunity, including the use of truncheons, pepper spray, tear gas and rubber bullets. (33 words)
Muchadehama said, “The police were heavily armed with Ak47 rifles, truncheons and other assortment of weapons swooped on the accused and arrested them in a dragnet style. (27 words)
Authorities shoved, then swung their truncheons, fired tear gas and charged on horseback, sending many to the hospital and horrifying much of the nation. (24 words)
Example sentences (11)
Muchadehama said, “The police were heavily armed with Ak47 rifles, truncheons and other assortment of weapons swooped on the accused and arrested them in a dragnet style.
Authorities shoved, then swung their truncheons, fired tear gas and charged on horseback, sending many to the hospital and horrifying much of the nation.
Police were seen dragging protesters out of a crowd and beating them with truncheons.
A cadre of police had already made a move through the square, beating students with truncheons.
Fighting broke out and injuries were reported after police used their truncheons to try and quash the students.
In response to weekly protests, human rights groups have documented excessive and unlawful force by security forces against protesters with impunity, including the use of truncheons, pepper spray, tear gas and rubber bullets.
They used tear gas and truncheons, and drove armoured vehicles into the crowd.
Amid chaotic scenes, police with truncheons fought off supporters who attempted to pull him free.
Police began charging truncheons as soon as the BNP activists sat there.
Protesters tried to shout Hitler down, but his army friends, armed with rubber truncheons, ejected the dissenters.
The riot was finally put down by troops and police acting with truncheons.
Common combinations with truncheons
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: