How to Use tear gas in a Sentence

tear gas

noun
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  • On April 19, in an effort to end the siege, the FBI used tear gas to try to force members out of the compound.
    — Paul J. Becker, The Conversation, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Riot police used tear gas and clashed with some in the crowd as trash bins were set on fire.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2023
  • Police used tear gas to try to disperse the crowd but failed and more and more marched down the lane and towards the office.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 13 July 2022
  • Police tried to contain the crowds with tear gas and pellet guns.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2022
  • Police swung batons and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
    — Riazat Butt and Munir Ahmed The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Television footage showed tear gas and officers in the streets as night fell in the port city.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 1 July 2023
  • Then, the police started firing tear gas into the stands.
    — Muktita Suhartono, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2022
  • During two protests, clouds of tear gas blanketing the courthouse square and Big Spring Park.
    — Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Congress had been evacuated; the air was full of tear gas.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 22 July 2022
  • The truth is that the vast majority of kids never even saw a barricade or got a whiff of tear gas.
    — David E. Davis Jr., Car and Driver, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The munitions included tear gas, flash bangs and flares.
    — Aisyah Llewellyn, Washington Post, 6 Oct. 2022
  • For it, Duncan went to both conventions and was on the streets of Chicago amid the tear gas, although no image of it is found in this book.
    — Darryl Levings, Kansas City Star, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Police attacked one of the buses, shooting tear gas through the windows to force students out.
    — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The law enforcement response at USF included the use of tear gas.
    — Divya Kumar, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
  • And in Portland, the nights were filled with marching, chanting, tear gas and violence.
    — Dave Killen, oregonlive, 23 July 2023
  • Reuters reported that tear gas was used to disperse crowds outside the U.S. Embassy in Beirut.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • They were greeted at the Dearborn border with clouds of tear gas, jets of cold water and a shower of bullets.
    — Paul Draus, The Conversation, 1 Mar. 2024
  • They were later dispersed from embassy grounds with tear gas.
    — Caitlin Hu, CNN, 1 Aug. 2023
  • During the protest, officers deployed tear gas to disperse the crowd.
    — Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 15 July 2022
  • Video showed apparent smoke from tear gas near a bridge where mourners had gathered near the village of Veysian.
    — Adam Pourahmadi, CNN, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The riot police fired tear gas canisters into the crowd.
    — Will Cathcart, CNN, 10 Mar. 2023
  • After trying to coax the man from the home for nearly five hours, officers deployed tear gas to force him out.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacramento Bee, 2 June 2024
  • The Reuters reporter at the scene said peacekeepers fired tear gas and live bullets at the crowd, killing two and wounding at least two others.
    — Reuters, CNN, 26 July 2022
  • Roberts and Belden were both caught in tear gas during protests in downtown Portland, according to the lawsuit.
    — oregonlive, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Police opened fire after tear gas and water cannon failed to disperse the crowds.
    — Fox News, 25 June 2024
  • Israeli forces responded with live fire, tear gas and stun grenades.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Lebanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The gunshot and the tear gas immediately quieted the crowd.
    — Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Police used tear gas and some protesters threw stones and other objects at the officers.
    — Regina Garcia Cano, Chicago Tribune, 30 July 2024
  • Riot police fired tear gas grenades and charged at stone-throwing protesters in downtown Nairobi and across Kenya on Tuesday in the most widespread unrest since at least two dozen protesters died in clashes a week ago.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 2 July 2024

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