How to Use big gun in a Sentence

big gun

noun
  • Now's the time to break out the big guns, starting with hair gloss.
    — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Dec. 2018
  • But turning to the big men with big guns to solve one’s problems comes with a cost.
    — Timothy Frye, Foreign Affairs, 26 Feb. 2022
  • And the aliens are not stopped by those guns, so the humans have to fire bigger guns.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 12 June 2019
  • But the Penguins’ big guns are starting to turn back the clock.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
  • This is a big gun (46 ounces) designed for a lifetime of use.
    — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 3 Feb. 2020
  • The prosecutors brought out their big guns in week two of the trial.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 15 Oct. 2023
  • And Ukraine is getting its big guns ready to resume blasting away.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Los Angeles is getting its big guns back just in time for the stretch run.
    — Beth Harris, The Seattle Times, 4 Sep. 2017
  • The result was a big gun weighing nine pounds with 32-inch barrels.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 2 Dec. 2020
  • Her interest seemed to be the officer himself rather than the big gun.
    — Jim Stingl, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 June 2018
  • So Grandpa John’s job on the boat is to help aim the big gun at the sky and try to shoot stuff down.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 28 Oct. 2017
  • The ’Davis Gun’ was not successful in putting big guns on biplanes.
    — David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The company’s strategy for getting its big guns in the game worked.
    — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2017
  • Of course, the most important thing is the games, and Nintendo has some big guns to roll out.
    — Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Edmonton’s second big gun, Draisaitl, took a cross-ice pass and one-timed it.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024
  • There was the security guard oin the bus and his big gun underneath his jacket.
    — Marie Claire, 15 Feb. 2010
  • Poole has been the big gun since being acquired from Kelowna early in the season.
    — Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Just as Rantanen noted, the Avs’ big guns will look to shoot more at times when the team is slumping.
    — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The team needs that supporting cast clicking at the same time as big guns to create more sustained pressure.
    — Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Tulsa, Oklahoma is home to some of the nation’s biggest gun shows.
    — Heidi Przybyla, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Does Billy get to regard big guns with glee, and does Taggart fetch a shotgun from his trunk?
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 2 July 2024
  • New York’s big guns were silent, especially on the power play, which has been moribund for a month.
    — Arthur Staple, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • The man with the big guns and the million-watt smile has come a long way from his days as wrestling superstar The Rock.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The battleship used to rule the seas thanks to big guns and thick armor, was displaced by the aircraft carrier.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Some big guns were still here, but the results often underdelivered.
    — Alan Light, HollywoodReporter, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Hollywood has had a rough fall and, as usual, the hope is for the holiday season’s big guns to come to the rescue.
    — Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 30 Nov. 2025
  • When Knight’s phone rings with a check-in from Parker, Arturo threatens them all with his big gun.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Still, Jarry kept the game even until some big guns finally went to work for the Penguins.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • With the armyworm barbarians now at the gates of China’s corn belt, the government is pulling out the big guns.
    — Gwynn Guilford, Quartz, 20 June 2019
  • His call logs send Knight and Torres to an auto shop just in time for a van full of masked dudes with big guns to show and grab the bomb.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2023

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