How to Use BB gun in a Sentence

BB gun

noun
  • Charles Back, 69, was armed with a BB gun, police said.
    — Julie Mendes, AZCentral.com, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Vet staff conducted an X-ray which revealed that she had been shot by a BB gun.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Interpreting the prompt as a role-play scenario, Max raised the BB gun and fired.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 12 Dec. 2025
  • That’s when the deputies inside the home said Williams emerged from her hiding place with the BB gun pointed at them.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Their home had been shot at more than 20 times with what appeared to be an air soft gun, a weapon similar to a BB gun.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 16 Dec. 2025
  • Luchin was arrested just hours after the robbery, with the money and a BB gun, police said at the time.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Charging documents say Flores shot a BB gun at someone riding a bike.
    — Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Investigators said the 15-year-olds robbed Perry of a BB gun.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 4 June 2026
  • On the very first day, there was a torrential downpour and 30-mile-per-hour winds, which King likened to getting hit with a BB gun.
    — Amy Eskind, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • The teen has been charged with possession of a weapon on school grounds, a felony charge, and possession of a BB gun by a minor under the age of 16.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 14 Apr. 2026
  • In March 2025, a boy purchased a BB gun on Amazon and gave it to his older brother, who brought it to school.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Investigators found Carbajal was carrying a BB gun that looked like a revolver.
    — Katie Langford, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Alexis was allegedly found with a BB gun when he was apprehended, according to McKay.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
  • On April 20, a 19-year-old Florida man was arrested for shooting a BB gun at a church, breaking a glass door.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 1 May 2026
  • Upon searching the man’s residence, police found a BB gun, an airsoft gun, a replica of a Glock and live ammunition in the man’s living space.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Seeing that gear under the tree — helmet, pads, the whole nine yards — was to me what a Red Ryder BB gun was to Ralphie Parker.
    — Matt Barrows, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2025
  • For many, the holidays just aren’t complete without seeing Ralphie Parker and his quest for a Red Ryder BB gun.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 5 Dec. 2025
  • During Aguirre’s trial, prosecutors told jurors that the boy was routinely beaten, shot with a BB gun, forced to eat cat feces and sleep inside a small cabinet while gagged and bound.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • An X-ray of the bullet lodged in Albert the cat's back after he was shot with a BB gun in South Los Angeles in early March.
    — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Two people were shot with a BB gun in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday morning, around the time of the city’s 19th annual naked bike ride.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • Alexis, McKay said, was allegedly found with a BB gun and arrested on charges of carrying a dangerous weapon and attempt to commit first-degree robbery.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 1 May 2026
  • The next morning, as Nguyen was getting ready for work, Tran shot her in the arm with a BB gun, forced her into a closet and then began stabbing her repeatedly with a knife, Campbell said.
    — Sean Emery, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Sholes, who had a BB gun tucked beneath his shirt that day but never pointed it at law enforcement, suffered tears of the ACL, meniscus, rotator cuff and bicep, among other injuries.
    — Sam Tabachnik, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Williams’ attorney, Robin Stevenson, told the jury that his client didn’t point the BB gun directly at deputies, WFLA reported.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Two Spring Valley middle school students were arrested Tuesday, accused of having a BB gun on campus, the Sheriff’s Office said.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2025
  • During the investigation, officers reviewed surveillance footage and discovered that Mitchell had placed something under the vehicle, which was later determined to be a black BB gun.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025
  • One of Aguirre’s trial attorneys, Michael Sklar, contended that Fernandez was the one who hit the boy with a belt, shot him with a BB gun and was responsible for much of the abuse prior to his death.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • During the search, police said investigators allegedly seized 30 grams worth of fentanyl pills, 12 grams of crack cocaine, several digital scales, a BB gun, and two 9mm rounds of ammunition.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
  • There is the rescue story of Caliopea, a baby North American porcupine whose mom did not produce any milk and had to be hand raised and Lucius, an opossum, who had been shot in the head with a BB gun and lost his natural protective behaviors.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The Placer County Sheriff's Office said the six people did not need medical treatment after they were wounded when someone fired a BB gun near Highway 49 and Bell Road.
    — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026

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