How to Use air rifle in a Sentence

air rifle

noun
  • Some kids with an air rifle put two holes in the sleigh and one in me.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Kids and teens can perfect their aim with either air rifles or archery.
    — Hallie Levine Sklar, Town & Country, 28 July 2017
  • The weapon Richards was carrying that night turned out to be an air rifle.
    — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Detectives searched his home and found an air rifle and air pistol.
    — Wayne K. Roustan, Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • At the end of the day, the best air rifle is extremely subjective.
    — T. Logan Metesh, Field & Stream, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The air rifle is a close-range weapon (25 yards or less), and head shots are a requirement.
    — Johnny Carrol Sain, Outdoor Life, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Mitchell was sitting in his car in a supermarket lot with an air rifle between his knees at the time he was killed.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The clubs use a variety of firearms — from air rifles that shoot pellets to 9 mm pistols that fire bullets.
    — Lisa Marie Pane, Fox News, 8 Apr. 2018
  • The clubs use a variety of firearms – from air rifles that shoot pellets to 9 mm pistols that fire bullets.
    — Lisa Marie Pane, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2018
  • The air rifle found at the scene belongs to the residents and was kept in the backyard, Seiver said.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Hochman said the investigation proved Mitchell had an air rifle between his legs at the time he was shot.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Tucked away next to his cot, Camargo keeps a pump-action air rifle to fend off rats and two machetes for assailants.
    — Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022
  • The sport lost men's prone rifle, men's free pistol and men's double trap, all replaced by mixed team events in air rifle, air pistol and trap.
    — Jenna Fryer, Star Tribune, 21 July 2021
  • One day in 1976, Evans started waving around an air rifle and a friend called the police.
    — Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2021
  • Yang Qian won the first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics in women’s 10-meter air rifle.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 24 July 2021
  • But air bows and big-bore air rifles are legal in Texas for taking exotics and non-game animals such as feral hogs.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 26 May 2018
  • But big-bore air rifles are legal in Texas for taking non-game animals such as feral hogs and are used for that purpose.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 6 May 2018
  • This makes for a semiauto air rifle with faster follow up shots than most of the competition, which is a boon for hunters and a blast for plinkers.
    — Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Inoperable or antique firearms, air rifles and handguns are some of the weapons still legally allowed in the state.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 2 July 2024
  • Four of the best nine smallbore team scores and six of the best 11 air rifle team scores all season were recorded by UK.
    — Jon Hale, The Courier-Journal, 20 Mar. 2020
  • That child would be 9-year-old Ralphie, whining and begging for the air rifle that everyone assures him will put his eye out.
    — Patt Morrison, latimes.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The AirForce Texan is arguably the air rifle that started the big-bore airgun craze.
    — Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Pitney also won a gold medal in the 1984 Olympic Games during the women’s air rifle event.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 26 Feb. 2022
  • China captured the first gold of the Games, in the women’s 10-meter air rifle, and scored its first fencing victory.
    — New York Times, 29 July 2021
  • Officers reportedly seized 10 firearms, five spent shell casings and two air rifles from the home, as well as a bulletproof vest, court records show.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • There are a few different models available, any of which is a bargain for a serious PCP air rifle.
    — Joseph Albanese, Field & Stream, 4 Dec. 2020
  • China’s Yang Qian, competing in the women’s 10-meter air rifle, also won the first gold medal of the games.
    — Alyssa Hertel, USA TODAY, 24 July 2021
  • Alison Weisz is the woman to beat in air rifle, and Samantha Simonton should make the skeet podium.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
  • The Chinese shooter just added another one, this time solo, at the men's 10-meter air rifle with a record-Olympic score.
    — Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 30 July 2024
  • Anastasiia Galashina of Russia was one of the final two competitors in air rifle at the Tokyo Olympics.
    — New York Times, 20 Dec. 2021

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