How to Use armorer in a Sentence

armorer

noun
  • The sword was made by a master armorer.
  • The armorer is the person on set who in charge of the weapons and artillery.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 16 Nov. 2021
  • An armorer needs to check every weapon to make sure that there is no live ammo.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2021
  • The code is, there’s usually an armorer on the set who knows weapons very well.
    — NBC News, 30 Oct. 2021
  • She was paid for eight days of armorer work and was to spend the rest of her time as a prop assistant.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2025
  • York’s armorer is killed in a trial by combat.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In the lawsuit, the armorer claims a gun wasn't supposed to be used at all during that time.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2022
  • As the film's armorer, Gutierrez-Reed was in charge of all weapons on set.
    — Kaylee Hartung, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2021
  • Gutierrez Reed had been an armorer for just a few months and had no formal training.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 20 May 2022
  • Often, a propmaster will also take on the job of armorer on set.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 4 Nov. 2021
  • On most movie sets, an armorer is in charge of ensuring that any firearms are loaded with harmless blanks.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2023
  • As the armorer, Gutierrez-Reed loaded the gun and was in charge of all weapons on set.
    — Marisa Dellatto, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023
  • So what does the armorer's guilty verdict mean for the 65-year-old actor, the state's next target?
    — Bill Chappell, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Reed had been hired as an armorer on the movie, and Gutierrez Reed was his assistant.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2021
  • The armorer checks the barrel of the gun, and then hands it to the assistant director, who checks the barrel again.
    — NBC News, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the film’s armorer, was also charged in the case.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 Feb. 2023
  • As her time as an armorer ran out, Gutierrez Reed warned a manager and was rebuffed.
    — CBS News, 12 May 2022
  • That would be the armorer’s job, or the stunt coordinator, or anyone else’s job but the actor’s.
    — NBC News, 22 Oct. 2021
  • There’s a first line of defense, which is the armorer showing the gun, and then the first AD is supposed to show it.
    — Krystie Lee Yandoli, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Once the break was over, the armorer retrieved the gun and showed it to Halls, investigators said.
    — Victoria Albert, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2021
  • An armorer should be in charge of the weapon at all times and should give it directly to an actor, according to the people who have worked on sets.
    — Katherine Sayre, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
  • The two sides have been wrangling over whether the armorer, Hannah Gutierrez, should be called as a witness.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2024
  • The film’s armorer, a term for the person in charge of gun props, was Hannah Gutierrez Reed.
    — Vulture, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The film’s armorer, a term for the person in charge of gun props, was Hannah Gutierrez-Reed.
    — Vulture, 14 Mar. 2023
  • According to the affidavit, Baldwin was handed one of three prop guns that were set up in a cart by an armorer for the movie.
    — Melissa Mahtani, CNN, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the armorer tasked with checking weapons for safety, faces the same charges.
    — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Experts in the use of weapons on set have faulted Halls for handling the gun, saying that only the armorer and the actor should hold it.
    — Variety, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Gutierrez Reed’s lawyer has said that the 24-year-old armorer didn’t realize that any of the rounds were live bullets.
    — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2021
  • He is later suspected of treason when a petition alleges that he had been declared the rightful king by his armorer.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • For now, the only pending charge in the case is against Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the film’s armorer.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 14 June 2023

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