How to Use holster in a Sentence

holster

noun
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  • Howard trundles along, turtle-like, in dad-style khakis with a cell phone holster.
    — Rachel Nuwer, Longreads, 10 Mar. 2020
  • On the father’s hip, the officer found, in a holster, a container of mace.
    — cleveland, 10 Apr. 2020
  • On top of being a major bargain, the holster is durable and safe for your device thanks to its scratch-free lining.
    — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 7 July 2020
  • Your next purchase should be a quality belt and a comfortable holster.
    — Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2020
  • The holster protects your gun from sweat and pocket lint, keeps the trigger covered, and secures the weapon for an easy draw.
    — Outdoor Life, 5 June 2020
  • The company milled slots between the cylinders to retain the hammer when the gun was in its holster.
    — David E. Petzal, Field & Stream, 10 June 2020
  • Place the canister in its holster and practice removing it.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Upon arrest, the suspect was found with a holster in his waistband and a magazine in the holster.
    — Coleby Phillips, The Arizona Republic, 29 May 2024
  • On the outside, there are three mesh pockets, a water-bottle holster, and compression straps.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 1 June 2020
  • The other part snapped the gun into the holster, clicked on the radio and checked door to door that people were getting out of the station.
    — Kevin Fisher-Paulson, SFChronicle.com, 30 July 2020
  • The multi-layered design keeps your phone safe from the dust and dirt too, fit with an inner hard shell and outer slipcover and holster.
    — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 17 Aug. 2020
  • After purchasing a handgun, a holster and belt should be your top priorities.
    — Chris Mudgett, Outdoor Life, 1 July 2020
  • Police searched Davis and found a holster in his waistband, plus a handgun barrel, slide and spring in is pockets, charging documents read.
    — Mary Grace Keller, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 12 Aug. 2020
  • For that, Galco’s Side Snap Scabbard holster is an excellent choice.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Tommy Bahama branding fills the coach with images of marlins and plant life and even has its own specially built alcohol holster.
    — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 24 May 2020
  • In the short struggle, Brooks appears to wrestle a taser from one of the officers, while the other one removed his taser from his holster and deployed it.
    — Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 15 June 2020
  • Upon peering into Sanson’s car, one of the cops spotted a black-colored handle jutting out of a holster strapped to the driver’s leg, prosecutors said.
    — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
  • Bickford got his hand on the weapon but failed to take it out of the holster.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
  • There’s the holster style, for a low-cut top; the crisscross; the bandeau.
    — New York Times, 6 July 2022
  • Purchase this snazzy belt and holster, and then get the faux weapon to fill it.
    — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 23 June 2021
  • The younger man walked back to the Volvo and removed a handgun that was in a holster.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 15 July 2022
  • Concealed or openly, so long as the gun is in a holster.
    — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 30 May 2021
  • The document goes on to say that this was the moment Porter drew the gun from his holster and opened fire.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 16 Sep. 2023
  • This wasn’t the salon of my youth — with a small stove for hot combs and a holster for six curling irons.
    — Patia Braithwaite, Allure, 22 July 2021
  • Resting next to his drugs in the safe of his house was a loaded pistol in a holster.
    — Andrew Boryga, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Mar. 2021
  • Two officers start wrestling with him, though the gun never leaves the holster, the footage shows.
    — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Feb. 2022
  • The holster on his hip was empty, and a gun was on the floorboard just below the driver's seat, the video shows.
    — Julianne McShane, NBC News, 9 Mar. 2023
  • This includes the stylus for your foldable phone, and the case has a little holster to hold it on the back.
    — Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 3 Mar. 2023
  • In the scene, Baldwin was supposed to reach across his chest and pull a revolver from his holster.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Then the officer got out of his car with his hand on his holster and walked toward him, the teen said.
    — Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 2 May 2023

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