rifle

Definition:
1. A gun with a long barrel which you hold to your shoulder to fire.
2. A shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore.
3. Steal goods; take as spoils.
4. Go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way.

Use 'rifle' in a sentence:

• 1. A soldier lowers his rifle.
• 2. He was aiming the rifle at Wade.
• 3. Sauers was looking for the new 101 rifle.
• 4. When I'd missed a few times, he suggested I rest the rifle on a rock to steady it.
• 5. Featuring a spring piston firing mechanism, the sniper rifle is almost silent when fired.
• 6. Scarcely had they left before soldiers arrived armed with rifles.
• 7. He gave a grunt and loosed his grip on the rifle.
• 8. I'll never tell my son to pick up a rifle.
• 9. Tom was leading, a rifle slung over his back.
• 10. He became a sniper because the sniper rifle was the only thing he got when weapons were distributed.
• 11. He was armed with a rifle.
• 12. Google's mapping products have revealed everything from a creepy dude walking around with a sniper rifle to suspected U.S. drones in Pakistan.
• 13. She'd been so terrified that she had armed herself with a loaded rifle.
• 14. They were dressed in camouflage and carried automatic rifles.
• 15. On the farm, my father often got drunk and came home not only with his fists, but with the rifle, and threatened us with it.
• 16. There were lockers by each seat and I quickly rifled the contents.
• 17. His wallet had been rifled.
• 18. When he appeared again, he was aiming the rifle at Wade.
• 19. The mountain rifle, 1938.
• 20. I know that you led a rifle platoon during the Second World War.
• 21. They possess a formidable arsenal of rifles, machine guns, landmines and teargas.
• 22. Mickey felt the muzzle of a rifle press hard against his neck.
• 23. Troops used tear gas and rifle butts to break up the protests.
• 24. There was a rattle of rifle fire.
• 25. Two soldiers with rifles searched him from head to foot.
• 26. His mouth was all puffed up where he had taken a rifle butt.
• 27. Jack's rifle misfired.
• 28. He went hunting with a rifle.
• 29. She says the patrolmen rounded them up at the village school and beat them with rifle butts.
• 30. He fixed a bayonet to the end of his rifle.
• 31. The butt of a rifle had been used to bash in his skull.
• 32. While searching the house they discovered an unlicensed shotgun and a licensed rifle.
• 33. Don't fiddle with the rifle bolt.
• 34. With my rifle, I will fight for my country.
• 35. The desk had been rifled for money, some banknotes taken but cheque-book and credit cards left untouched.
• 36. Some call it the Smart Shooter, a new rifle for American infantry troops that is two weapons in one, is accurate up to 1,000 yards and in effect fires around corners.
• 37. The men rifled through his clothing and snatched the wallet.
• 38. Rifle-thieves scoured all India to reinforce the efforts of the honest smuggler.
• 39. I discovered my husband rifling through the filing cabinet.
• 40. Neighbours heard the sound of rifle fire and alerted the police.
• 41. It reminds me of my days on the rifle range preparing for duty in Vietnam.
• 42. They shot him at point blank range with an automatic rifle.
• 43. They would rip off your shirt to see if you had a bruise from a recoiling rifle.
• 44. She rifled through her clothes for something suitable to wear.
• 45. You'd swear he was a cardboard cut-out except that he'd moved his rifle.
• 46. Marines with rifles guarded them.
• 47. He took a pot at the neighbour's cat with his air rifle.
• 48. While serving a compulsory stint in the military, Nurmi entered a 20-k march carrying a rifle, a cartridge belt, and a knapsack.
• 49. He aimed his rifle, fired a single shot, then ejected the spent cartridge.
• 50. He picked each lock deftly, and rifled the papers within each drawer.
• 51. Italian artist Bolla has transformed them into something a bit more sinister—macabre tokens of death that include an AK-47 assault rifle and human remains.
• 52. The rifle was extremely accurate.