How to Use shotgun in a Sentence

shotgun

noun
  • Two were killed with a shotgun.
    — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Those okays come from the shotgun.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Smith lined up to Oladokun’s left in the shotgun.
    — Kansas City Star, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Herbert took the snap out of the shotgun.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Like a shotgun spray of anything that comes to mind.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 17 Dec. 2025
  • This guy is going to ride shotgun?
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2026
  • He's got a shotgun slung across the back of his bike jersey.
    — Tom Vanderbilt, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
  • He was armed with a shotgun, handgun and knives.
    — Don Sweeney april 27, Sacbee.com, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Allen dived under his truck but was killed by shotgun blasts.
    — Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • People on the block heard a shotgun’s blast, then a car crash.
    — Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The round, too small for the shotgun, fell through the gun’s barrel.
    — Alula Alderson, Sacbee.com, 25 June 2026
  • There was also a bad fumble on a snap out of shotgun.
    — David Aldridge, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Rue then flees the home as Wayne chases her with a shotgun.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 1 June 2026
  • The husband died from a single shotgun wound to the neck.
    — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Strewn near the bodies were spent shell casings and a shotgun shell.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2026
  • But hand the ball off from that same shotgun formation?
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • At the same time, hunting and shotgun trends tend to be cyclical.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The goats rode shotgun, their seat covered in plastic and hay.
    — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2023
  • The man then grabbed a shotgun from the vehicle.
    — Sacbee.com, 27 Feb. 2026
  • This time, the team snared it and dispatched it with a 12 gauge shotgun.
    — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Being in the shotgun gives them more time to read blitzes, routes and avoid pressure.
    — Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • Thank goodness Bree has a shotgun.
    — Lincee Ray, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Metayer, 38, was found dead in her bed with three shotgun wounds.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Five teammates pull, one rides shotgun — no huskies required.
    — Kels Dayton, Hartford Courant, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Once, someone leveled a shotgun at them.
    — Christina Ray Stanton, Time, 2 June 2026
  • Red herrings like the guy with the shotgun who ran and never returned.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Still, the Eagles have mostly been a shotgun team in the past.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Both the bench and the rear sport buckets are padded enough that calling shotgun will be a game of the past.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 10 July 2023
  • Johnson says the woman died from a single shotgun wound to the right side of the chest.
    — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Prince would ride shotgun in Reese’s truck all day, Brandon said.
    — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026

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