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'shoot' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'shoot' with 20 example sentences.

shoot noun

: a new branch

: the act of shooting at targets

shoot verb

: hit with a missile from a weapon

: kill by firing a missile

: fire a shot; release

: make a film or photograph of something

: send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

: run or move very quickly or hastily

: move quickly and violently

: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

: record on photographic film

: emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully

: cause a sharp and sudden pain in

: force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

: variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

: throw dice, as in a crap game

: spend frivolously and unwisely

: score

: utter fast and forcefully

: measure the altitude of by using a sextant

: produce buds, branches, or germinate

: give an injection to

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  • I was taught to shoot first and ask questions later.
  • He shot himself in the head.
  • Speaking without thinking is like shooting without looking.
  • The policeman shot into the air.
  • I shot myself in the foot.
  • I've just been shot.
  • The person who shot JFK worked for the CIA.
  • The Israeli army shoots and kills innocent Palestinian people.
  • I'm gonna shoot him.
  • We shot down enemy aircraft.
  • He was scared you would shoot him.
  • She knows who shot him.
  • I didn't shoot anyone.
  • The hunter shot a bear.
  • John caught a tiger and shot two lions.
  • The vampire was shot with a silver bullet.
  • I aimed at a sparrow, but shot down a goose.
  • The hunter shot the fox dead.
  • I persuaded the policeman not to shoot the monkey.
  • Dan shot at the man who tried to steal his car.

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