How to Use squirt gun in a Sentence

squirt gun

noun
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  • In 2018, it was remade to look like a neon-green squirt gun.
    — Micah Hauser, The New Republic, 23 Oct. 2019
  • The kids love holding the yellow squirt gun and spraying the kids would come down the slide.
    — Jayla Andrulonis, Parents, 18 June 2023
  • Getting straight felt like fighting a ring of fire with a squirt gun.
    — Andrew Richdale, GQ, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Senate Democrats took a flamethrower to a forest and now want to put out the fire with a squirt gun.
    — Stephen Miran, WSJ, 31 July 2022
  • He's seen spraying the squirt gun at his parishioners and food baskets.
    — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 18 May 2020
  • Despite the attention, the squirt gun made its first and last appearance this year.
    — Alec Snyder, CNN, 18 May 2020
  • Punch holes in at least two plastic cups, string them up, and see who can propel them the fastest and farthest using a squirt gun.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 6 May 2022
  • Police learned Lokhi often drank water from the barrel end of his squirt guns.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Water was rationed for the brushing of teeth and a method was devised of cleaning dishes off the back porch with a squirt gun.
    — Sam Sacks, WSJ, 9 July 2021
  • There’s the train set with square wheels, the squirt gun that shoots not water but jelly, the unfortunately named Charlie-in-the-box.
    — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 9 Aug. 2022
  • Kids can channel their inner pirates with this fun lake gear, which sports a Jolly Roger flag and its own squirt gun.
    — Outdoor Life Commerce Team, Outdoor Life, 14 Mar. 2023
  • Past events have included a squirt gun boat race, ghost bowling, pumpkin golf and a Nerf shooting gallery.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The pranksters sprayed students and staff with the squirt guns and set off fireworks in the hallway, the school's principal, Robynne W. Prince, wrote in a letter to parents after the incident.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 21 May 2018
  • Nicholas Volker is a short, blue-eyed 4-year-old who loves Batman and squirt gun fights and steak — on the rare occasions when he's not restricted to a feeding tube.
    — Mark Johnson and Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2010
  • According to the Gazette, police also found an ax and drug paraphernalia inside the home, along with two of Lokhi’s toy squirt guns.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Twitter is joining the ranks of tech companies that are switching out the pistol for a squirt gun in their emoji arsenals.
    — Dwight Silverman, Houston Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2018
  • While a high-school male student was picking up his younger sibling, he was confronted by a female high-school student with a squirt gun.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2018
  • In Paranoia, teams track each other across and attack opposing teammates with squirt guns.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 14 May 2018
  • Most years, millions of people from toddlers to the elderly throw powder at each other and play with water balloons and squirt guns.
    — Fox News, 11 Mar. 2020
  • Where women were once dunked in the river, they're now subjected to the use of a squirt gun or a perfume bottle, and whipping is often skipped altogether.
    — National Geographic, 25 Mar. 2016
  • In the midst of Apple’s effort to offer broader, more inclusive emoji in its collection, the handgun was replaced with a squirt gun.
    — Nadia Suleman, Time, 17 July 2019
  • As vice president a dozen years ago, Mr. Biden engaged in energetic squirt gun battles each summer with the children of aides and reporters.
    — Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 4 June 2023
  • Father Pelc sprayed holy water to churchgoers using a squirt gun on Easter weekend.
    — Steve Hartman, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2021
  • While working on a heating and cooling device in the early 1980s, an accidental burst of water gave him an idea for a powerful version of a squirt gun.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Gearhart is attending this year’s party in a nudist’s version of a firefighter costume, requiring only a hat and a squirt gun.
    — Hannah Rodriguez, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
  • Shade trees, tents and lots of ice cream, watermelon, sodas, bottled water, mist sprayers, squirt guns and handheld fans all helped keep Monday’s spectators cool.
    — Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 July 2023
  • Microsoft has decided to abandon a gun emoji that resembles a realistic looking gun in favor of one that looks more like a toy squirt gun.
    — Jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The carnival features live music, sound therapy by Sacred Sound of the Soul, games and booths with go fish pool, ping pong ball, water balloon and can toss and squirt gun games along with bubbles/chalk art station and hot dog building contest.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 June 2019
  • Throughout the festival staffers armed with squirt guns will engage and hopefully encourage festivalgoers to join in.
    — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 16 May 2018
  • Speaking of fire and water, Annette Bening's chances at winning an Oscar are often, unfortunately, regarded as about as likely as a squirt gun dousing a five-alarm blaze.
    — EW.com, 2 Nov. 2023

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