Sentence examples for lead bullets from inspiring English sources

They were firing lead bullets in all directions.

He handled problems with "plata o plomo," meaning "silver" (bribes) or "lead" (bullets).

Condors eat the carcasses of animals killed with lead bullets and can die as a result.

As the sand sifted through our fingers, the lead bullets lay heavy in our hands.

"The use of lead bullets and shot causes the unintended poisoning of all kinds of birds," Mr. Miller said.

By classical times, lead bullets, often with slogans or epigrams cast into them—"A nasty present!"—were used as projectiles.

Lead poisoning is a known threat to the birds, and the state will soon ban hunting with lead bullets.

The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday rejected a request that it ban lead bullets, saying it does not have the legal authority to do so.

Consumption of meat from animals that are shot with lead bullets also contributes unacceptable levels of the metal into people's diets, Mr. Miller said in a phone interview.

Condors scavenge for dead animals and often feast on the carrion of deer, pigs and squirrels shot — often with lead bullets — by hunters or ranchers.

The dozen friends I hunt with love shooting non-lead bullets, and it's not just because they're doing something good for the environment.