Example sentences for: muskets

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

  • The sailors’ first landfall was on the little offshore island of Tanegashima, which has progressed from matchlocks and muskets to being Japan’s principal rocket-launching center.

  • The Brown Bess muskets were of British issue, though many were used by American troops during the Revolutionary War.

  • In truth, though, flash in the pan refers to the occasional misfiring of the old flintlock muskets when the flash of the primer in the pan of the rifle failed to ignite the explosion of the charge.

  • Americans produced their own muskets, as well, but they were not the weapon of the frontier.

  • Although swords, bows, and arrows remained the mainstays of warfare, suddenly matchlocks, muskets, and cannons made their appearance.


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