How to Use bullet in a Sentence

bullet

noun
  • The quarterback threw a bullet to the receiver.
  • Bullets were used to separate each item.
  • He was killed by an assassin's bullet.
  • Gilbert gets two bullets to the head.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But this bullet has been dodged.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The bullet may have grazed his right hip.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
  • There was a bullet hole in the skull.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • One bullet went through the hood of the car.
    — Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 13 June 2026
  • And this has bullet-proof glass.
    — CBS News, 27 Apr. 2026
  • My bullet passed through both lungs.
    — Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Sparks erupt from bar stools hit by bullets.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Amid screams and the sound of bullets, she is killed.
    — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Trump was mid-speech when he was grazed by a bullet.
    — Michelle Tauber, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Some of them said their homes had been struck by bullets.
    — ABC News, 10 June 2026
  • Allen, 6, was hit by a stray bullet.
    — Reg Chapman, CBS News, 16 May 2026
  • The bullet struck Kirk in the neck.
    — Adam Sabes , Julia Bonavita , Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • One stray bullet hit Jeff’s spine.
    — Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 21 June 2026
  • At least one of those bullets struck the boy, who has not been named.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Too bad for Lexy that the gun is out of bullets.
    — Derek Lawrence, HollywoodReporter, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Video from the scene showed blood and bullet holes on the door of the home.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC news, 20 Apr. 2026
  • The man then noticed a bullet hole in her car door.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026
  • The first bullet struck Canty straight-on in the chest.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
  • My dream was taken away by a bullet.
    — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The bullet holes are in the final work.
    — Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
  • The bullet hit the boy at close range in the torso.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The bullet struck his son at close range in the torso.
    — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • He's got a big fat bullet wound in his shoulder.
    — Jordan Hoffman, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The same goes for the final third of the bullet’s flight.
    — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The bullet hit the victim, who was in the next room.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • The bullet hit close to his spine, leaving his legs numb.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 June 2026

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