Example sentences for: rifles

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

  • The Jerusalem Post carries a story titled "Arafat Warns: Our rifles are ready," portraying an angry Yasser Arafat defending the right of Palestinians to pray in Jerusalem.

  • Like: "A UN convoy that had left the headquarters to retrieve water from a warehouse turned back when it was attacked by militia members with M-16 assault rifles, machetes and clubs.

  • "A leader of the Makah tribe, inspiring 600 men armed with pointed spears and high-powered rifles to tear into the 'feared enemy,' who was, at that moment, peacefully sorting baleen."

  • Another piece of Waco news is more troublesome for the feds: The Texas Rangers released a report to Congress stating in part that the Rangers, in their Waco post-mortem, found spent cartridges from two different types of sniper rifles used by FBI agents--which conflicts with the bureau's assertion that their agents never fired a shot.

  • Licensed dealers may sell rifles and shotguns only to persons age 18 or over, and handguns to persons age 21 or over.


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