How to Use gunner in a Sentence
gunner
noun
-
In the film, the arm harness is attached to the gunner’s waist.
—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
7 Mar. 2018
-
The film was made for waist gunners on U.S. heavy bombers.
—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
8 Nov. 2017
-
With Slater and Bethel, the Patriots had the top gunners in the league.
—
Jim McBride,
BostonGlobe.com,
10 Jan. 2020
-
Bernstein, the tail gunner and crew chief, and those of Staff Sgt.
—
Stu Bykofsky,
Philly.com,
25 May 2018
-
Tveidt joined the Army at 18 and served in Iraq as a gunner.
—
Michael Katz,
idahostatesman,
12 July 2018
-
The high number of fair catches speak to the hang time of Scott's punts and the speed of his gunners.
—
Michael Casagrande,
AL.com,
25 Oct. 2017
-
The gunner crawled to the phone and gave it to Maes, who summoned rescuers.
—
Fox News,
20 Oct. 2019
-
Tom McCaslin, was the tail gunner on the B-26 shot down that day over France.
—
David Owens,
courant.com,
7 July 2018
-
Hopkins went on to serve eight years in the Air Force as a gunner on a B-36 plane.
—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
24 May 2024
-
Post up gunners 20 yards from the corners of barns and sheds, and send the beaters in.
—
T. Edward Nickens,
Field & Stream,
3 Feb. 2020
-
The tank gunner’s unit was rushed to Noville, a small town near Bastogne.
—
BostonGlobe.com,
6 Dec. 2019
-
Matthew Slater and Justin Bethel will mold him into the gunner of the future.
—
BostonGlobe.com,
28 Apr. 2021
-
He was trained as a heavy machine gunner and sent to North Africa.
—
Jacques Kelly,
baltimoresun.com,
22 May 2018
-
That’s hardly the only thing that makes the gunner unique.
—
Bryce Millercolumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Nov. 2022
-
Other Marines came to their aid, learned they were pinned down and asked them to point out the gunner.
—
Sig Christenson,
ExpressNews.com,
26 Oct. 2020
-
The gunner placed the crosshairs on an enemy tank and fired the missile.
—
Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
20 Apr. 2021
-
Before the chopper crashed, Rose rushed to the aid of a Marine gunner who was shot in the throat.
—
Darlene Superville,
Houston Chronicle,
23 Oct. 2017
-
On the plane, the wheel gunners held steady by pushing their rear ends against the cabin wall.
—
Wired,
30 Nov. 2019
-
Rose was the last to board, but the aircraft soon took on fire and a Marine door gunner was shot through the neck.
—
Rachel Siegel,
Washington Post,
23 Oct. 2017
-
Their gunner was slumped in his seat, covered in blood.
—
Jeremy Redmon,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Oct. 2023
-
The 34-year-old Aldridge has recast himself as a 3-point gunner of late.
—
Jeff McDonald,
ExpressNews.com,
7 Jan. 2020
-
Yet, Butler dressed for the game, and even got out there to hold up a gunner on special teams.
—
Albert Breer,
SI.com,
7 Feb. 2018
-
Help on a play like that comes from athletes Harris calls the gunners.
—
Steve Sadin,
chicagotribune.com,
30 Sep. 2019
-
The Patriots are using him as a gunner on the punt team.
—
Ben Volin,
BostonGlobe.com,
15 Aug. 2023
-
With the line of scrimmage at the 48, Townsend hit an end-over-end punt that was caught out of the air by his gunner inside the 5-yard line.
—
Matt Kawahara,
SFChronicle.com,
2 Aug. 2019
-
George Silva was also a gunner for the Naval Armed Guard.
—
Brian Amaral,
BostonGlobe.com,
11 Nov. 2022
-
His gunner was Robert Montoya, a 19-year-old from Phoenix.
—
Karina Bland,
The Arizona Republic,
12 July 2020
-
The tank gunner is leaving behind his wife and their 8-month-old son.
—
Jeremy Redmon,
ajc,
2 Mar. 2022
-
This worked when a barrage was being fired and gunners had time to adjust the timing.
—
David Hambling,
Forbes,
4 Sep. 2024
-
Like the chase out of the town that's waterside with Mark getting attached to the machine gunner on the motorbike.
—
Alamin Yohannes,
EW.com,
17 Aug. 2024
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'gunner.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated:
