How to Use shooting in a Sentence

shooting

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  • The plot involves the shooting death of a drug dealer named C.C. Cox.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2023
  • There is a fair amount of arrow shooting over the course of the show’s eight episodes, but Sirisco is always on the wrong end of it.
    — Ky Henderson, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2024
  • Carr said the shooting was an accident and Capers did not mean to shoot the boy.
    — Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
  • The Celtics don’t have a reliable shooting guard off the pick-and-roll, or a guard who can drive into the paint with speed.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • In the video of the shooting, Leigh fires at Galloway, striking her in the head, then, after the mother falls to the ground, Leigh shoots her again in the back.
    — Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 26 July 2024
  • No charges were filed against the officers involved in the Locke shooting.
    — Stanley Nelson, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Now he’s being asked to play his role, to be the point guard and provide some outside shooting.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The shooting sent the busy area into chaos and brought a large police presence, shutting down the block.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Mar. 2024
  • The Grizzlies made 8 of 16 attempts from 3-point land, pulling away in the second quarter with the help of some sharp shooting.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The incident was the latest mass shooting in the United States.
    — Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Five live rounds were found on set following the shooting.
    — Zoe G Phillips, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Harmon said her daughters couldn’t get out of bed for a week after the shooting.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • During my junior year, the Columbine shooting took place, far away.
    — Clare Beams, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Hield didn't have a great game off the bench either, finishing with eight points on 2 of 9 shooting.
    — Dustin Dopirak, The Indianapolis Star, 25 Mar. 2023
  • The youngest victim of the drive-by shooting is 3 years old and the oldest is 19, according to Fort Worth police.
    — Nicole Lopez, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 May 2024
  • Another woman, police say, was in the home at the time of the shooting but was not injured.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Holloman, who was 16 at the time of the fatal shooting, faces the prospect of life in prison at his sentencing Dec. 2.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024
  • This wasn’t a random act of violence, like the mass shooting on Oct. 25 at a bar and grill in Lewiston, Maine.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Minnesota, which is the best 3-point shooting team in the WNBA, finished 8 of 26.
    — Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Because of your shooting schedule, the show likely won’t be back on the air until 2024.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 July 2023
  • In the Mountain West championship: four points on 2 of 7 shooting.
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Map of the United States with markers in the place where shootings on high school football fields have occurred since Aug. 1.
    — Corky Siemaszko, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The shooting case wrapped up last year with the Canadian crooner heading to prison.
    — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Great athletes like Liko need something to sustain them through the shooting lulls.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The shooting was first recorded on a doorbell camera at 10:56 a.m.
    — Steve Almasy, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • Spotting a price tag on a Dyson item is like seeing a shooting star (if the shooting star was a blow-dryer).
    — Annie Blackman, Allure, 21 Oct. 2024
  • No one was injured during the second round of shooting.
    — Melissa Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Geter’s co-worker was driving them home from work that night when the shooting happened and drove to a nearby 7-Eleven to get help.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 2 July 2024
  • Jones and Pearson protested for gun control in the wake of the Covenant school shooting last month that left three children, three adults, and the shooter dead.
    — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Often the rookie spends several minutes adjusting their chair, finding the right eye relief, and remembering their shooting form before ever squeezing the trigger for that first dry fire.
    — Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 13 Nov. 2024

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