Suddenly we heard a pistol shot, a rush, and a scream from the neighbourhood of the prisoners.
I heard a pistol shot, and suddenly the vessel was thrown up in the wind with all her sails aback, thus entirely stopping her way (sailors will understand this).
At the moment there rang in Jonathan's ears the sudden and astounding detonation of a pistol shot, and for a moment he wondered whether he had received a mortal wound without being aware of it.
All but two of the pursuers had been distanced, and when the pursued came to the ditch one of them cleared it with a bound, but the other fell dead under his horse from a pistol shot fired by the two advanced pursuers.
They must have been almost within pistol shot of the gang of bushrangers, when, through the thinly growing trees of the great paddock which lay between them and the house, they caught sight of the ruddy light of home.
They could hear the noise of several men shouting, and then the sharp crack of a pistol shot.
The pistol is the weapon for any one deeply wronged, provided he is anything of a pistol shot.
A pistol shot out of a vise can show its capabilities better than any man can hold it.
A concert pianist, one would think, by the noise he makes on the piano, would injure his ears even more than a pistol shot does, as the noise he makes is much louder.
A person who is used to firearms (not necessarily one who is a pistol shot) should stand beside the pupil till the pupil learns the rudiment of safety against accidental discharge, and in aiming.
Every one pressed to the "Pistol Shot" to hear the latest details, to discuss and gossip over it.
This 'Pistol Shot' has been an institution longer than I have been here, but I never knew he had a daughter.
At the moment you are attacked, weigh anchor, fight your way to the mouth of the canal, take up a position in the bay in front of Morris's within easy rifle range and out of pistol shot, and compel the place to surrender on your own terms!
Simultaneously the Misses Pringle, shrieking wildly, leaped from the trench towards the ship and Elmer fired a pistol shot.
Then he ran as if the devil were after him, and was almost out of pistol shot before he got a bullet in the calf of his leg.
It was not a pistol shot, I know that from the character of the wound.
About the time they made the bayonet charge there was a stone or three or four stones came from the direction of the hospital, and a pistol shot fired.
Then I heard a pistol shot fired, and probably two or three seconds after that three or four other pistols shots were fired just like that, [illustrating,] and then I saw two or three of the soldiers go down.
I learn that from childhood he has been firing at all sorts of things with pistols; and I have never fired a pistol shot in my life.
Simultaneously with the word 'three' there was a pistol shot.
Neither was a pistol shot heard, or so much as the clang of a dagger.
Suddenly Lieutenant Smith looked out across the water at the Leopard, that was swinging lazily along at about the distance of a pistol shot.
But a pistol shot's distance now separated the two vessels.
After them came the wagon, its team blowing, for they were soft after a long rest and plenty of feeding, while beside the beasts walked a negro, wielding a long whip, which cracked like a pistol shot when he flicked it.
The sharp sound of a pistol shot came to the ears of the two, and after it a shrill cry.
Away in the centre of the little wood a branch broke with the crisp sound of a pistol shot, and instantly there came that familiar signal, the bark of a fox.
Fergus cut down two of his opponents and, with a pistol shot, rid Karl of an antagonist who was pressing him hard; and after a minute of wild confusion they were through the line, and riding at headlong speed towards the Prussians.
I had carried a despatch from the marshal to the camp, sire, and was on my way back when I heard a pistol shot.
When within half a mile of the town he heard a pistol shot, in the direction of a large house, a quarter of a mile from the road.
There was then a breathless moment, while both sides waited for the pistol shot.
It had been decided that the fall should be at a pistol shot.
Soon after I left the shop I heard a pistol shot, and turning around to see what was the matter, I saw my barber running toward me, while the other darkies were scattering to their homes for their guns.
Miller and I went second to stand guard at the bank, while the rest of the party were to wait at the bridge for the signal—a pistol shot—in the event they were needed.
I called to him to get inside, at the same time firing a pistol shot in the air as a signal to the three boys at the bridge that we had been discovered.
Back to back, and to turn at the signal of a pistol shot.
Well, he got a pistol shot in his chest, and after it was all over we found that he was pretty near gone.
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