How to Use gunner in a Sentence

gunner

noun
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  • Matthew Slater and Justin Bethel will mold him into the gunner of the future.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2021
  • That’s hardly the only thing that makes the gunner unique.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2022
  • The gunner placed the crosshairs on an enemy tank and fired the missile.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Their gunner was slumped in his seat, covered in blood.
    — Jeremy Redmon, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The Patriots are using him as a gunner on the punt team.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2023
  • George Silva was also a gunner for the Naval Armed Guard.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The tank gunner is leaving behind his wife and their 8-month-old son.
    — Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 2 Mar. 2022
  • That’s eleven seconds in which the gunner must hold the crosshairs on an enemy tank.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
  • As the video continues, the gunner reaches for a tool to pry open to feed tray cover.
    — Samuel Oakford, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The gunner, positioned at the top, was thrown from the vehicle.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Each team has two gunners, who mostly exist to attack the rim and score.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The gunner on his plane, Ken Schell, gave me a copy of my father’s recording of the radio traffic from that night.
    — Jeremy Redmon, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Justin Bethel ▪ Skinny: Bethel played a team-high 318 special teams snaps and was one of the Dolphins’ top gunners.
    — Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2024
  • On the battlefield, the gunner lines up an enemy tank in his sights and then fires.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Bethel played every game for the Dolphins as a gunner on special teams.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023
  • When the ships were about half a mile apart, the Kearsarge’s captain, John Winslow, ordered Pease and the other gunners in his crew to return fire.
    — James Hagengruber, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 June 2023
  • All the while, his gunner, who had been thrown from the Humvee, refused to leave Majetich’s side, though his own legs were shattered.
    — Gideon Gil, STAT, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The ball was snapped and the nine players at the line were sealed off from the right side, the jammer ran downfield with the gunner and the punt returner was half a field away.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Mitchell has elite speed, has done a nice job returning kicks and can be a gunner on special teams.
    — Brian Wacker, Baltimore Sun, 23 Aug. 2023
  • His photo shows a young gunner with shaggy blond hair and a goatee.
    — Noam Cohen, Wired, 7 Sep. 2021
  • During one mission, his good friend and gunner, Luke Yepsen, was shot by a sniper and died beside him.
    — Meg Dunn, CNN, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The missile uses a wireless data link to send back real-time video of the target back to the gunner.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 12 Feb. 2021
  • Ashton Dulin’s the team’s best gunner and capable of doing some of the things Campbell does in the offense.
    — Joel A. Erickson, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Bettis went on to join the United States Army as a tank gunner stationed in Germany.
    — J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2024
  • He was so trusted that his troop commander, Dave Boris, chose him to be his gunner for his Humvee.
    — Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 May 2022
  • The staff sergeant next to him was decapitated and the gunner between them would lose his legs.
    — Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 14 Nov. 2022
  • She's driven Abrams tanks and served as a gunner on them during tours to Korea and Germany.
    — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Ford went up against Bucs gunner Ryan Smith on Agnew’s return.
    — Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 31 Dec. 2020
  • Ashton Dulin’s still here to play gunner on special teams and offer a few big catches to the offense.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 10 May 2023
  • Ashton Dulin had a perfect gunner rush to force chaos on the first punt, which Granson jumped on after eyeing it all the way.
    — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Sep. 2022

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