Example sentences for: gunman

How can you use “gunman” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • , who had been investigated by the Secret Service for making threats against President Clinton in 1996, marched past a weapons detector and began firing, killing one police officer and mortally wounding a second officer whose own shots brought the gunman down.

  • Mental-health experts quoted in the story argue that Furrow's case is not nearly as clear-cut as the cases against the Capitol-building gunman or the recent New York City subway pusher.

  • The LAT decides to focus on a possible hijacking or passenger rampage, and for no apparent reason it fills several column inches with a detailed summary of a 1987 California crash caused by a gunman.

  • Compare the gunman's direct approach with the "voluntary standards" shakedown practiced by the federal government.

  • Carolyn McCarthy, who launched a political career after her husband was killed by a crazed gunman on a Long Island commuter train.


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