How to Use gunner in a Sentence

gunner

noun
  • There are four or five gunners, a big spread, maybe a boat, a dog, and a nice blind.
    — The Editors, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The gunner reps, the jammer reps.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025
  • In the film, the arm harness is attached to the gunner’s waist.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Taylor makes the roster as the team’s best gunner.
    — Daniel Popper, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Strong is one of the fastest players on the team and was good last season as a punt gunner.
    — Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024
  • On the plane, the wheel gunners held steady by pushing their rear ends against the cabin wall.
    — Wired, 30 Nov. 2019
  • The tank gunner is leaving behind his wife and their 8-month-old son.
    — Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 2 Mar. 2022
  • He was trained as a heavy machine gunner and sent to North Africa.
    — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 22 May 2018
  • Is Tre Johnson just a gunner, or is there more to build around?
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Help on a play like that comes from athletes Harris calls the gunners.
    — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Michael Irvin has never been viced out there and treated like a gunner.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 4 Feb. 2020
  • The gunner placed the crosshairs on an enemy tank and fired the missile.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Bernstein, the tail gunner and crew chief, and those of Staff Sgt.
    — Stu Bykofsky, Philly.com, 25 May 2018
  • The gunner crawled to the phone and gave it to Maes, who summoned rescuers.
    — Fox News, 20 Oct. 2019
  • Turned the helicopter around so the gunners could take care of business.
    — Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
  • That’s eleven seconds in which the gunner must hold the crosshairs on an enemy tank.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Other Marines came to their aid, learned they were pinned down and asked them to point out the gunner.
    — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 26 Oct. 2020
  • The tank gunner’s unit was rushed to Noville, a small town near Bastogne.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Each of the gunners need to press the white square button closest to the back of the cockpit.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
  • Post up gunners 20 yards from the corners of barns and sheds, and send the beaters in.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Yet, Butler dressed for the game, and even got out there to hold up a gunner on special teams.
    — Albert Breer, SI.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • As the video continues, the gunner reaches for a tool to pry open to feed tray cover.
    — Samuel Oakford, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2022
  • The high number of fair catches speak to the hang time of Scott's punts and the speed of his gunners.
    — Michael Casagrande, AL.com, 25 Oct. 2017
  • Rosie asks his gunners if any of them can see any other aircraft from the 100th.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The gunner by the door, his finger on the trigger, scouted for any movement.
    — National Geographic, 13 June 2019
  • While the front-seat pilot steered the slow, nimble plane, the gunner in the back seat opened fire with a shotgun.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Rose was the last to board, but the aircraft soon took on fire and a Marine door gunner was shot through the neck.
    — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Underneath the video screens on each of the side panels next to the gunners are a row of four white square buttons.
    — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 27 May 2026
  • Two machine-gunners who escaped the wrath of the previous planes.
    — Dallas Morning News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Matthew Slater and Justin Bethel will mold him into the gunner of the future.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2021

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