How to Use assault rifle in a Sentence

assault rifle

noun
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  • Bullet holes etched by an assault rifle dot the entrance.
    — New York Times, 15 Mar. 2022
  • At least one had an assault rifle, according to the lawsuit.
    — Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Hoeft sported an assault rifle, and a cache of high-capacity magazines.
    — Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2022
  • A week into the deadly incursion, her brother had armed himself with an assault rifle, Gut said this weekend.
    — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 6 Mar. 2022
  • He was pictured on his official Facebook page over the weekend with an assault rifle slung over his shoulder near Odessa.
    — oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2022
  • At the Kharkiv headquarters, a man in camouflage and armed with an assault rifle, tried to organize the growing crowd of volunteers.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Police say some of the gangs involved in the ongoing insurgency have also managed to acquire a fresh batch of assault rifles since late February.
    — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
  • Harris is charged with possession of a semiautomatic assault rifle with a barrel less than 16 inches long that wasn’t registered to him.
    — Michael Tarm, ajc, 8 Mar. 2022
  • In Idiocracy, Camacho punctuates his State of the Union with songs, dances, and blasts from an assault rifle.
    — Samuel Goldman, The Week, 1 Mar. 2022
  • The sheriff said the assault rifle was used in the shooting.
    — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 13 July 2023
  • One man held an assault rifle above his head, walked forward and placed a gun on the ground.
    — CBS News, 10 Dec. 2023
  • One of the men strode up, raised an assault rifle and fired a few rounds toward the Israelis.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • One hand is thrown into the air in a Nazi salute, the other clutches an assault rifle.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The video shows the Palestinian man grabbing the officer's assault rifle, which then drops to the ground.
    — Arkansas Online, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The state banned bump stocks, which can turn an assault rifle into a machine gun.
    — Brittany Wallman, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2022
  • The bandits at the scene were armed with four AK-47-style assault rifles and an AR-15 assault rifle and had food to last for days.
    — José Ignacio Castañeda Perez, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2022
  • At least one of the suspects was wielding an assault rifle, Jordan said.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 July 2022
  • But other common video game tropes—assault rifles and the like—aren't close at hand in her San Diego studio.
    — WIRED, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Maggie had been shot five times with an AR-style assault rifle, while Paul had been shot twice at close range with a shotgun.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Last week a man wearing body armor and armed with an assault rifle and a nail gun tried to breach the FBI's Cincinnati office.
    — David Klepper, ajc, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Ana Rodriguez, the mother of Maite Rodriguez, pleaded for a ban on assault rifles.
    — Mike Baker, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Hezbollah’s flag bears an assault rifle similar to the AK-47.
    — Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The video then showed the shooter firing on the glass door, entering the building and going through the hallways while holding an assault rifle.
    — Holly Bailey, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The post included a photo of a toddler sitting with an AR-15-style assault rifle on its lap.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 26 May 2022
  • Mujahid added that Tajmir was shot three times by the victim's father Wednesday with an assault rifle.
    — Arkansas Online, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The weapon was a .223-caliber assault rifle and had no serial number, Zanoni said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2023
  • Police said they were told a 40- to 50-year-old man came into the store with an assault rifle and demanded money.
    — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2022
  • When Sullivan, 31, knocked on Campbell’s door, Campbell sneaked out of the home and retrieved an assault rifle from his car.
    — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Kordell Jones, Prine said, lept from a back window, was completely nude and armed with an assault rifle.
    — John Sharp | , al, 7 Apr. 2023
  • During the fracas, Casey also assisted by picking up the suspect’s gun, which appeared in video to be an an AK-47 assault rifle, and moving it away from the scene.
    — Evan Rosen, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024

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