Words similar to pistol

Example sentences for: pistol

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

"Absolutely stupid," agrees Robert Novak (CNN's Capital Gang ). Starr "played right into the White House strategy" by calling Blumenthal, says Michael Duffy (PBS's Washington Week in Review ), making the independent counsel the issue instead of the Sex Pistol in Chief.
He had a pistol and a rifle but only used the latter.
The bus was surrounded by a mob that had lynching on its mind until an undercover policeman got off the bus brandishing his pistol.
The NYT front notes the advent of a new weapon available to airplane hijackers, terrorists and assassins--a three-inch pistol posing as a key chain.
“The hijacker hid a pistol in his hat that only fires blanks.”