How to Use squirt gun in a Sentence

squirt gun

noun
  • Getting straight felt like fighting a ring of fire with a squirt gun.
    — Andrew Richdale, GQ, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Taking a Tylenol was like using a squirt gun against a house fire.
    — Eric Boodman, STAT, 28 May 2024
  • Just a bunch of bros in a summer house shooting squirt guns at each other.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 May 2026
  • He's seen spraying the squirt gun at his parishioners and food baskets.
    — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 18 May 2020
  • The kids love holding the yellow squirt gun and spraying the kids would come down the slide.
    — Jayla Andrulonis, Parents, 18 June 2023
  • Or, snag Amazon’s best-selling squirt guns for less than $4 apiece.
    — Phoebe Sklansky, Parents, 3 July 2024
  • Instead, the Warriors have walked into a shootout with a squirt gun.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Some fling balloons filled with colored water from rooftops and others use squirt guns.
    — ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Senate Democrats took a flamethrower to a forest and now want to put out the fire with a squirt gun.
    — Stephen Miran, WSJ, 31 July 2022
  • Police learned Lokhi often drank water from the barrel end of his squirt guns.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Despite the attention, the squirt gun made its first and last appearance this year.
    — Alec Snyder, CNN, 18 May 2020
  • In lieu of hard liquor, the winner of each round got a blast from a Champagne squirt gun into their mouth.
    — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Punch holes in at least two plastic cups, string them up, and see who can propel them the fastest and farthest using a squirt gun.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 6 May 2022
  • Water was rationed for the brushing of teeth and a method was devised of cleaning dishes off the back porch with a squirt gun.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 9 July 2021
  • Peter was eating ice-cream cake; kids chased one another across the lawn brandishing foam swords and squirt guns.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Past events have included a squirt gun boat race, ghost bowling, pumpkin golf and a Nerf shooting gallery.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The toy department comprises a couple rows of dolls, action figures, games and squirt guns.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Kids can channel their inner pirates with this fun lake gear, which sports a Jolly Roger flag and its own squirt gun.
    — Outdoor Life Commerce Team, Outdoor Life, 14 Mar. 2023
  • In Paranoia, teams track each other across and attack opposing teammates with squirt guns.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2018
  • While a high-school male student was picking up his younger sibling, he was confronted by a female high-school student with a squirt gun.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2018
  • If your party is taking place outdoors, providing balls or squirt guns to older kids can keep them entertained.
    — Lauryn Higgins, Parents, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Twitter is joining the ranks of tech companies that are switching out the pistol for a squirt gun in their emoji arsenals.
    — Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Most years, millions of people from toddlers to the elderly throw powder at each other and play with water balloons and squirt guns.
    — Fox News, 11 Mar. 2020
  • In July, an annoyed mob roamed Barcelona’s boulevards dousing visitors with squirt guns.
    — Tim Neville, Outside Online, 3 Dec. 2024
  • There’s the train set with square wheels, the squirt gun that shoots not water but jelly, the unfortunately named Charlie-in-the-box.
    — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Crime, courts and policing Judge halts expulsion of 5th grader over rap lyrics, squirt gun emoji until trial.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
  • Father Pelc sprayed holy water to churchgoers using a squirt gun on Easter weekend.
    — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Gearhart is attending this year’s party in a nudist’s version of a firefighter costume, requiring only a hat and a squirt gun.
    — Hannah Rodriguez, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
  • Where women were once dunked in the river, they're now subjected to the use of a squirt gun or a perfume bottle, and whipping is often skipped altogether.
    — National Geographic, 25 Mar. 2016
  • According to the Gazette, police also found an ax and drug paraphernalia inside the home, along with two of Lokhi’s toy squirt guns.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 4 Dec. 2019

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