They fought with pistolsat a distance of twelve feet, and Gwinett was killed.
At the word both pistolswere discharged, making but a single report.
After the usual formal salutation, the parties were placed in position by their seconds, ten paces apart, the pistols placed in their hands, and the word being given both fired.
The challenge was accepted, and the parties fought with pistols in a retired spot near Philadelphia.
I promptly replaced mypistols and motioned the visitors to move out.
Five of the dead officers had been found in a heap, just-used pistols in their rigid hands.
Then we'll see if atomic pistols will settle his hash.
Then, as Calico and Jerry held their pistolspartly raised, he said urgently, "We'll only blast each other.
The heavy four-barreled pistols were there, all right, but--The money!
Those behind him, armed with long spears with flat double-edged points similar to the assegais of the Zulus, were enabled to reach and dispatch several of the Arabs who had lost their guns or discarded their pistols for their knives.
My firearms were all empty, and I had in my pouch nothing but rifle bullets, too large for the pistols and too small for the gun.
Shaw and I then galloped forward, and passing him as he ran, foaming with rage and pain, we discharged our pistols into his side.
One of them was equipped with saddle and bridle; pistols were hanging at the pommel of the saddle, a carbine was slung at its side, and a blanket rolled up behind it.
Immediately after I selected another, and urging forward Pauline, shot into her both pistols in succession.
The brave old boy had caught the alarm, and there he stood at the doorway, a pistol in each hand; and his one eye (he had only one) worse to meet than the pistols were.
Unfortunately his pistols were not loaded, and in his hurry and confusion he could not find his bullet bag.
Poor Loftgreen's pistols were in bad order, and missed fire, and although the two men fought desperately with their empty weapons they were soon overpowered, and with the steward were taken on deck and lashed to the poop stanchions.
Altimira gave a cry of rage, and spurring his horse sought to ride his opponent down; but Russell wheeled, and the two men simultaneously snatched their pistols from the holsters.
Then followed a hand-to-hand conflict, the Californians lancing and using their pistols with great dexterity, the Americans doing the best they could with their rusty sabres and clubbed guns.
He whipped his pistol from the saddle-bags in the corner, and opening the door ran down the road, followed by the other men, shouting and firing their pistols into the air.
Overcoats were taken off, and strapped to the saddles, carbines loaded and slung, pistols examined and loosened in their holsters, saddles recinched, and curb chains carefully looked after.
There are a pair of horse pistols in that case," said Musard, pointing to an oblong mahogany box with brass corners, resting on a stand in a niche of the wall.
As Colwyn anticipated, the pistolswere muzzle-loaders.
The inside was divided into a large compartment for the pistolsand several small lidded spaces.
Before leaving the gun-room Colwyn replaced one of the pistols and restored the case as he had found it to its original position.
Was it possible that the key of the pistol-case had been deliberately concealed because the box had something to hide which formed a connection between the pistols and the presence of the cap in the grate?
I notice that there are no revolvers or pistols among the weapons on the walls," said Colwyn.
With that sudden recollection, Colwyn also recalled that Musard had been unable to show him the pistols because the key of the case had been mislaid or lost.
The pair of weapons which Colwyn lifted from the case were horse pistols of a period when countryfolk feared to ride abroad without some such protection against highwaymen.
Here they hove-to, hoisted out their boats, three in number, and the men were sent in, well armed with pistols and cutlasses.
I shall accept it," replied Ramsay, putting his pistols under his pillow, after having thrown himself on the outside of the bedclothes, pulling his roquelaure over him.
Ramsay threw off his coat, laid two pair of loaded pistols on the table, locked the door of the cabin, and then proceeded to warm himself, while Vanslyperken was employed on deck.
Mr Vanslyperken, with his pistols in his belt, and his sword drawn, told Major Lincoln that he was all ready.
As the weather was now getting cold, the passengers had an excuse for coming on deck in their cloaks; and one day, when Mr Fraser's blew aside, I observed that he had a brace of pistols in his belt.
The rest of the people were sent below, with their cutlasses and pistols ready for the moment they were wanted.
I observed that my companions had examined their pistols and reloaded their rifles, so that they would be on their guard should any treachery be attempted.
As the evening drew near, Tim comforted himself by examining and loading the guns and pistols that were in the house, and then replaced them, ready for use at a moment's notice.
I had to sell one of my pistols in order to trade for a horse that was able to bring me on.
We were better armed for such a contest than they were, for though they had good rifles, their pistols were few, while we carried from two to four Colt’s revolvers apiece.
We moved on to within about two miles of the town and formed a line in the brush, a few steps south of the road and parallel with it, where, with bridles and pistols well in hand, we patiently waited the return of our scouts.
Then she hurried back into her own chamber, locked the pistols up in her own drawer, and, wearied out with so much excitement, prepared to go to rest.
She threw one of the pistols on the ground near him, saying: "Take that up and defend yourself.
With an execration on his lips, he sprang after her, only to find himself confronted by two vicious-looking women with pistols in their hands.
Miss Fortune can induce him to discharge his pistols in some feat of marksmanship and we will swoop down before he can reload them.
He drew his pistols and deliberately aimed with one of them.
It was with some consternation, notwithstanding all the plotting, that Kate observed the big pistols at the Captain's side and the heavy sword which jangled against his leg.
The pistols I can manage and--perhaps they will not be there.
Exactly, my good fellow; I shall dispose of you immediately--my pistolsare in the next room.
One winter we sold our meat for clocks that would not go, and watches with broken guts, and files worn smooth, and pistols without cartridges and worthless.
Give the point of your sword to an enemy rather than the edge, and keep your pistols for a last resource, when you shalt find yourself in close quarters with an enemy and like to be hard pressed.
A sort of humorous smile crossed the swarthy countenance of the man as he replied-- "They will use pistols against we.
At length they effected a landing, and the crew, consisting of nine men armed with pistols and cutlasses, hurried up to the cliffs and searched for the entrance to the cavern.
But he made haste to assure his friend Fritz of his hearty acquiescence in the plan proposed, and bade him go on ahead; he himself would run home and get his sword and pistols and then follow in a cab.
Hearing the band and seeing the banners from afar, Richard and his companions fired theirpistols as a signal to their slower comrades, who presently came up with them.
Stripped of his sword and pistols and pole-axe, and with his whip hung around his neck, poor Boksa was mounted on his piebald nag and ignominiously driven out of camp.
Two pistols on the mantel stared at me with great round eyes.
I turned the pistolstoward the wall; I pitied my innocent guitar, and sought a few chords, which were given without resentment.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pistols" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
