How to Use pepper spray in a Sentence

pepper spray

noun
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  • The police used pepper spray to bring the suspect under control.
  • Tremaine bought the stun gun, the pepper spray and the Taser.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The room filled with pepper spray, and the men were on top of him.
    — Ellen Barry, New York Times, 21 May 2024
  • Weapons of any kind (no knives or mace/pepper spray of any size).
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 28 July 2024
  • Police drove back the mob with streams of pepper spray.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The employee pushed him out the door, and Gionet pulled out a can of pepper spray and sprayed him twice in the face.
    — Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 14 Jan. 2022
  • The pepper spray residue irritated the eyes of all four of the children.
    — cleveland, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Among them: rounds filled with pepper spray and sponge rounds.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2023
  • He was taken to a hospital because of the stun gun and the pepper spray.
    — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The deputy had her pepper spray, Taser and weapon on her as Ruffin escaped and was able to fire three shots at him.
    — Katherine Itoh, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
  • One pointed a gun and the other sprayed the guard with pepper spray, the court document said.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 27 Apr. 2021
  • Caron Nazario was hit with in the face with pepper spray has begun reviewing the case.
    — Marlene Lenthang, ABC News, 3 June 2021
  • After the tussle, pepper spray, and more threats of tasing, Nichols got away.
    — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Hours of pepper spray and tear gas had left an unpleasant tingle in the air.
    — Washington Post, 28 May 2021
  • When the shower did not wash away all of the pepper spray, the officers used a water hose on his face.
    — Julian Mark, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Nov. 2021
  • Then, one of the passengers sprayed her arm with pepper spray before the car took off, Lee said.
    — Theresa Waldrop, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Chrustic, who was carrying pepper spray, says that the police told her again on the phone to keep the man in her view.
    — Curbed, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The heel of one palm shifted onto her belt, which held handcuffs and pepper spray.
    — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Winfrey's adult children bought her pepper spray and a stun gun.
    — Kyung Lah and Kim Berryman, CNN, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Staff then stopped the beating using pepper spray and a baton strike.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 29 Sep. 2024
  • While the officers attempt to pin the man on the bench, one of the officers uses pepper spray.
    — Aaron Valdez, The Enquirer, 6 June 2024
  • The woman’s female friend, 20, of Shaker Heights, was also in the room and used pepper spray to get the man off his girlfriend.
    — cleveland, 28 July 2021
  • Police responded in riot gear and used pepper spray to try to clear the crowd.
    — oregonlive, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Police used pepper spray and a Taser on him twice while trying to restrain him.
    — Elliot Hughes, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Police officers sprayed the mob with pepper spray as Justin filmed a few feet away.
    — NBC News, 18 Jan. 2022
  • Some of what happened next is in dispute: whether the police used pepper spray; whether the police drew their guns.
    — New York Times, 5 Dec. 2021
  • At one point, she got caught in the middle of a clash between inmates and jailers and wound up caught in a cell filled with pepper spray.
    — Amy Yurkanin | Ayurkanin@al.com, al, 4 Aug. 2023
  • After warning Jones, a trooper than gave Jones a burst of pepper spray to his eyes, the report said.
    — Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Valdes said the repellent might have been bear spray, which is more potent that pepper spray.
    — NBC News, 17 July 2021
  • The mail carrier used pepper spray to stop the defendant.
    — Luke Barr, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2024

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