How to Use assault rifle in a Sentence

assault rifle

noun
  • Their right to own an assault rifle does not outweigh our right to live.
    — Essence.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Just last year on my block, someone was killed with an assault rifle.
    — Ericka Claudio, Teen Vogue, 9 July 2019
  • Court records show the victim in that case was shot in the leg with an assault rifle.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al.com, 25 June 2019
  • No one is safe from the surprise carnage caused by assault rifles.
    — Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • Hochevar gave people the chance to hold what may be the assault rifle of the future.
    — Sabrina Schnur, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2019
  • Witness video shows one of the deputies aiming what looks like an assault rifle.
    — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2020
  • The state banned bump stocks, which can turn an assault rifle into a machine gun.
    — Brittany Wallman, sun-sentinel.com, 3 Apr. 2022
  • One of the men, an assault rifle slung across his back, leaned into her open car window.
    — Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Paul had been shot in the head and chest with a shotgun and his mother was killed with an assault rifle.
    — Steve Helling, PEOPLE.com, 6 Aug. 2021
  • Many are masked, at least three are carrying bats or sticks, and one is armed with an assault rifle.
    — Arkansas Online, 29 Mar. 2025
  • One shooter was armed with an assault rifle, and the other had two handguns.
    — Melissa Alonso, CNN, 23 Oct. 2021
  • An assault rifle was lying inside the home in plain view through a storm door, police said.
    — Tom Steele, Dallas News, 12 July 2021
  • The white car returned and those inside used two assault rifles and a handgun to shoot up the house.
    — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 June 2018
  • Police said Shaw wrestled the assault rifle away and tossed it over the counter.
    — Doug Criss, CNN, 23 Apr. 2018
  • One of them, a babyface with a backward ball cap, raised an assault rifle and pointed it at him.
    — Gina Barton, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Some videos showed Rocha shooting what appeared to be an assault rifle.
    — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The person in the front appears to be pointing an assault rifle.
    — Joe Brandt, CBS News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Who needs an assault rifle with a 100-round cylinder?
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 May 2026
  • The gun, although called a pistol, looks and performs like an assault rifle.
    — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Video from that day shows a chaotic crime scene, with officers armed with assault rifles.
    — Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
  • One of the men strode up, raised an assault rifle and fired a few rounds toward the Israelis.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Police said Sanford rammed the church with his truck, got out and opened fire with an assault rifle.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 3 Oct. 2025
  • One of the suspects had a black assault rifle while the other had a handgun, the report said.
    — Elisha Anderson, Detroit Free Press, 18 Feb. 2018
  • The man left the mosque but returned that afternoon with what appeared to be an assault rifle.
    — Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Ten officers with assault rifles blocked the entrance to the bar as more made their way inside.
    — Sofia Viera, refinery29.com, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Many of the students have called for a ban on assault rifles and universal background checks.
    — Kelli Kennedy, The Seattle Times, 20 Nov. 2018
  • One hand is thrown into the air in a Nazi salute, the other clutches an assault rifle.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Cowan blew up a watermelon with an assault rifle in one ad.
    — Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 5 Jan. 2026
  • At least one of the suspects was wielding an assault rifle, Jordan said.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 28 July 2022
  • Trump was nicked in the ear after Crooks fired an AR-style assault rifle.
    — Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 23 July 2024

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