How to Use semiautomatic in a Sentence

semiautomatic

adjective
  • He is charged with two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
    — Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Rocky is facing a pair of felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 29 Jan. 2025
  • That includes a bill that would ban the sale of certain semiautomatic firearms.
    — Alayna Alvarez, Axios, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Four masked men armed with semiautomatic weapons leaped out of a blue van that had been pre-positioned on the left side of the road.
    — Tom Sancton, Town & Country, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Pharr faces charges of assault with a semiautomatic firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon.
    — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • This was in exchange for pleading guilty to one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
    — Driadonna Roland, refinery29.com, 19 Feb. 2025
  • He is charged with one count of assault with a semiautomatic firearm in that incident.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Once in the alley, the man pulled a black and silver semiautomatic handgun from his waist.
    — Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 24 Feb. 2026
  • The man had brown eyes, short hair, was clean shaven and had a semiautomatic handgun on his waistband, police said.
    — Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Mar. 2026
  • The gunman was armed with a semiautomatic handgun, one of the weapons that he was legally allowed to own.
    — Melissa Eddy, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The man had arrived at the school and asked to meet with the principal, then drew a semiautomatic handgun.
    — Stephanie Saul, Timothy Williams and Anemona Hartocollis, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2018
  • The suspect then stepped out of the truck with a semiautomatic shotgun in hand and ran after Beesley.
    — Katie Shepherd, Anchorage Daily News, 28 June 2021
  • Snowling carried a revolver in his right hand and a semiautomatic handgun in his left.
    — Tony Saavedra, Oc Register, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The judge said there was enough evidence for Rocky to face the two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 21 Nov. 2023
  • One spent shell casing from a semiautomatic weapon was also found inside the bathroom.
    — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The dog walker tried to fight them off and was shot by one of the men wielding a semiautomatic handgun during the struggle.
    — Stefani Dazio, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2021
  • When the man refused to give up the dogs, screaming out for help and wrestling to keep the dogs, a man pulls a semiautomatic handgun and opens fire at him.
    — Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Fey then entered to rock music, tossing her semiautomatic weapon aside.
    — William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Our truck had spotlights and light bars on the front and sides, a radio, an onboard camera and semiautomatic rifles.
    — Jason Florio, Smithsonian, 22 May 2018
  • Many of the men carry M-1s, the semiautomatic carbines that were a staple in the war.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 28 May 2021
  • Witnesses have told reporters the younger Gray slipped out of math class and returned with a semiautomatic weapon.
    — Melissa Cruz, USA TODAY, 8 Sep. 2024
  • The man had a semiautomatic handgun with him during the robbery, according to the records.
    — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The semiautomatic pistol used in the crime was registered to Jones.
    — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • In February, he was shot in the head with a semiautomatic pistol and buried in a desolate stretch of desert.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2021
  • Rocky, who'd been charged with two felony counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, was facing up to 24 years in prison if convicted.
    — Edward Segarra, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Justices agreed to decide in the next term whether states and local governments can ban semiautomatic rifles.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 1 July 2026
  • The school staff did not search the 15-year-old’s backpack, where a semiautomatic handgun was stashed at one point, officials say.
    — Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2021
  • Ortiz is charged with 10 counts of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, one for each of the people on the two properties.
    — CBS News, 20 May 2026
  • As the officers spoke with the victim in the front yard, someone opened fire on them from the back of the residence with a semiautomatic long rifle.
    — Arkansas Online, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Nikolas Cruz, who was 19 at the time, used a semiautomatic rifle to gun down the victims at his former school.
    — Dara Kam, Orlando Sentinel, 17 Mar. 2025

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