SHOT in a Sentence

Learn SHOT from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
334 example sentences for SHOT, such as:
1. He shot the bird with his gun.
2. His arm was shot off in a battle.
3. At least they hadn't shot each other.
4. The victim had been shot at close range.
5. There was a shot, and the bird fell dead.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of SHOT
shot
 n.  a small drink of liquor
 n.  an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  As the shrill words shot out Ethan heard a tap on the door, which he had drawn shut when he turned back from the threshold.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
2  There was a last instant when the air shot past him like millions of fiery wires; and then the elm.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
3  It was during one of these brawls that Stuart Tarleton had shot Cade Calvert and Tony Fontaine had shot Brent.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
4  Her volatile spirits shot up from deepest depression to excited happiness.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
5  Scarlett shot a look of sharp suspicion at her, but Mammy's broad face carried only a look of innocence and of regret that Scarlett was not the lady Melanie Hamilton was.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
6  And, of course, her brother called him out, and Mr. Butler said he'd rather be shot than marry a stupid fool.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
7  A thousand incoherent thoughts shot through her mind, and she could not catch a single one to mold into a word.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
8  At least they hadn't shot each other.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
9  Tore the horse's-- I shot the horse myself, poor creature.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
10  They shot higher and higher and widened rapidly into a broad expanse of red before her terrified eyes.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
11  Torrents of sparks shot to the sky and descended slowly, lazily, through blood-colored clouds of smoke.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
12  Tell her Ah git her a hawse effen Ah gits shot fer it.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
13  Some day I'll tell you with embellishments just where and how I stole him and how narrowly I missed getting shot.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
14  As Rhett jerked the horse's head and turned him into another street, another deafening explosion tore the air and a monstrous skyrocket of flame and smoke shot up in the west.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
15  Even in her frenzy, Scarlett wished she had Melanie with her, Melly with her quiet voice, Melly who was so brave the day she shot the Yankee.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
Example Sentence: (124 in 9 pages)
1  You admit you fired the gun and we now know that the shot killed the victim so you are, ipso facto, responsible for his death.
2  The boy took a pot shot at a pigeon with his air gun.
3  His arm was shot off in a battle.
4  In the most recent attack one man was shot dead and two others were wounded.
5  The audience loved his performance and the needle on the clapometer shot up.
6  Her novel shot to the top of the best-seller list.
7  He had shot three people dead earning himself a reputation as a tough guy.
8  The victim was shot point-blank in the chest.
9  The victim had been shot at close range.
10  Violence erupted after police shot a student during the demonstration.
11  Two men were shot during fierce fighting last weekend.
12  Even the big shot has to carry his wife's purse.
13  He shot the bird with his gun.
14  There was a shot, and the bird fell dead.
15  The wings of the bird still fluttered after it had been shot down.