How to Use bullet in a Sentence

bullet

noun
  • The quarterback threw a bullet to the receiver.
  • Bullets were used to separate each item.
  • He was killed by an assassin's bullet.
  • The impact of the bullet caused Burton to fall to the floor.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2022
  • Deputies found a bullet hole near the trunk of his car.
    — David Harris, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2023
  • One child in the school was shot when a bullet pierced the wall of the classroom.
    — Helen Kwong, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • So what’s the moral of the story? MF: Bite the bullet, just do it.
    — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The bullet had sliced through the webbing next to his thumb.
    — John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Jenkins Smith dropped to the tile floor, struck by a bullet in the chest.
    — Timothy Bella, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2022
  • The man was struck by a rubber bullet and fell to the ground, but did not drop the firearm.
    — Alejandra Reyes-Velardestaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2022
  • The bullet was later found in the man’s rear bike tire.
    — Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Simmons said the bullet fired at Clark may have struck the hostage.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 8 May 2023
  • The young Latino man was killed by a single bullet to the back of the head.
    — Laurence Du Sault, ProPublica, 11 Nov. 2022
  • He had been hit by four bullets, two of them to his chest.
    — Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
  • Draw it on straight from the bullet, down the nose, across cheekbones, and along the jawline.
    — Liana Schaffner, Allure, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The bullet sliced through his car, which was not armored.
    — Arturo Torres, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • One bullet pierced Bartek’s chest through his right side and killed him.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 28 July 2022
  • Not a single ounce of coal was left, so, dodged a bullet there.
    — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 29 Dec. 2023
  • Some bullets struck the car, but one crossed the street and went into a business.
    — Rhiannon Saegert, Kansas City Star, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Trump was hit in the ear before ducking from the bullets.
    — Rebecca Rosenberg, Fox News, 16 July 2024
  • Viano dodged the bullets and returned fire, killing the suspect.
    — Pilar Arias, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The gun went off; a bullet hit the floor, then struck a coffee table.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2025
  • The department confirmed that one of the the neighbors was hit by a piece of a bullet.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2023
  • Love is blue, and in this movie so are blood, guts, bullets, and octane.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 May 2024
  • The defense said that because an AK-47 was used, the bullet could be as far as a mile away.
    — Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024
  • She had been hit in the abdomen by a single bullet that seemed to come out of nowhere.
    — Sheila Cosgrove Baylis, Peoplemag, 4 May 2023
  • The first one, where the bullet grazed his ear in Butler, Pa., seemed like a once-in-a-lifetime fluke.
    — Howard Kurtz, Fox News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • That’s not the only bullet dodged by the Blue Jackets on their back end.
    — Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
  • McIver had fired the gun, still in the plastic bag, and a bullet went through Diane's seat and struck her in the back.
    — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • What Are Lipstick Nails? Lipstick nails are simply diagonal nails that resemble the shape of a bullet lipstick.
    — Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 7 Mar. 2025

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