How to Use musket in a Sentence

musket

noun
  • Pikes and swords were less of a threat than musket fire.
    — David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 27 June 2019
  • And the dude is pretty skilled with a tomahawk and a musket.
    — Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 3 July 2021
  • And there’s still a musket ball hole in the front door, plugged with a little wooden peg to keep the wind from blowing in.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2020
  • The man who can right himself by a vote, will seldom resort to a musket.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Slips of paper emerge from the pages like old musket balls or arrowheads plowed up from the depths of decades.
    — Danny Heitman, WSJ, 26 May 2021
  • In an engraving of the 1780s, the African king leans elegantly on a musket—the source of his army’s might.
    — Felipe Fernández-Armesto, WSJ, 18 Feb. 2020
  • The Indian holds a bow and shield; the Puritan, a musket.
    — Anthony Kronman, Twin Cities, 26 Aug. 2019
  • In 2019, the group discovered musket balls, leg bones and a six-pound cannonball at the site.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2022
  • In the middle of the plain, the U.S. cannon got stuck and the rancheros came closer, but they were driven back by cannon and musket fire.
    — Gary Kamiya, SFChronicle.com, 7 Feb. 2020
  • But even with so many relics preserved, only 35 other musket balls have been found in the park.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
  • The musket was the principal weapon of armed conflict in the 18th century.
    — David French, National Review, 3 Oct. 2017
  • The braves demonstrated their prowess with the bow and arrow, the Pilgrims with their muskets.
    — Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2018
  • But a perfectly round musket ball was worth plucking from the muck.
    — Megan Specia, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020
  • These kinds of indentations are formed when a shot is fired from a smooth-bore musket, per the statement.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
  • Amid the chaos and musket smoke, half the Maryland regiment remained, about 400 men.
    — Tim Prudente, baltimoresun.com, 14 July 2017
  • The best marksmen at the time could manage at most three or four rounds a minute from their muzzle-loading muskets.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2024
  • When the owner of the property turned them away, the leader of the group, Jeremiah Brandreth, grabbed his musket and shot one of the farmer’s servants.
    — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 8 June 2017
  • What's more random is Jamie melting down some of the gold bars and turning them into musket balls.
    — Lincee Ray, EW.com, 1 July 2023
  • The Sentry had lost his musket, and a shower curtain rod replaced it.
    — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2021
  • The Sentry had lost his musket, and a shower curtain rod replaced it.
    — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2021
  • The Sentry had lost his musket, and a shower curtain rod replaced it.
    — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2021
  • The Sentry had lost his musket, and a shower curtain rod replaced it.
    — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2021
  • The Sentry had lost his musket, and a shower curtain rod replaced it.
    — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The Sentry had lost his musket, and a shower curtain rod replaced it.
    — Steve Lord, chicagotribune.com, 1 May 2021
  • Monroe was nearly killed during the attack when he was struck in the shoulder by a musket ball.
    — Kerry J. Byrne, Fox News, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Armed with machetes and pitchforks, these fighters seized a cache of muskets, then burned down a mansion.
    — Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
  • At Fort McHenry, officials have planned to fire a four-volley musket salute to mark each of the past four centuries.
    — Lillian Reed, baltimoresun.com, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Carr had a display of muskets used during the Civil War, as well as other artifacts of the time.
    — Annie Gentile, courant.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • He’s pretty pumped to be under Claire’s tutelage again, and the two docs waste no time putting Henry under that sweet, sweet ether and removing the final musket ball.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The musket ball was finally removed 17 years after Miller was wounded.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025

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