TARGET in a Sentence
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54 example sentences for TARGET, such as:
1. Aim a little above the target.
2. I aimed the gun carefully at the target.
3. The soldier leveled his rifle at the target.
4. Production so far this year is on/off target.
5. Two of her shots hit the centre of the target.
2. I aimed the gun carefully at the target.
3. The soldier leveled his rifle at the target.
4. Production so far this year is on/off target.
5. Two of her shots hit the centre of the target.
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Meanings and Examples of TARGET
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target
v. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
n. the location of the target that is to be hit
Classic Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1 A target was placed at the upper end of the southern avenue which led to the lists.
2 Of twenty-four arrows, shot in succession, ten were fixed in the target, and the others ranged so near it, that, considering the distance of the mark, it was accounted good archery.
3 Of the ten shafts which hit the target, two within the inner ring were shot by Hubert, a forester in the service of Malvoisin, who was accordingly pronounced victorious.
4 The former target was now removed, and a fresh one of the same size placed in its room.
5 The arrow whistled through the air, and lighted within the inner ring of the target, but not exactly in the centre.
6 He was speaking almost at the instant that the shaft left the bowstring, yet it alighted in the target two inches nearer to the white spot which marked the centre than that of Hubert.
7 Wamba stopt short in the midst of a jest, and betook himself to sword and target.
8 I heard a little sigh of satisfaction as he cuddled the butt into his shoulder; and saw that amazing target, the black man on the yellow ground, standing clear at the end of his foresight.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
Context Highlight In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
9 It was twisted askew and most of the prisms were broken, as if the Yankee occupants had made their beauty a target for their boots.
10 But he's shooting at a nonexistent target and he knows it.
11 Cutter went out behind the hardware store, put up a target, practised for an hour or so, and then went home.
12 So she would lie and sob out her grief upon his shoulder, while he gazed at her, as helpless as a wounded animal, the target of unseen enemies.
13 He had no strength to invent a tale; he would be a soft target.
14 Mr. Walters fell to "showing off," with all sorts of official bustlings and activities, giving orders, delivering judgments, discharging directions here, there, everywhere that he could find a target.
15 Morcerf entered, and in place of the usual target, he saw some playing-cards fixed against the wall.
Example Sentence: (36 in 3 pages)
1 Aim a little above the target.
2 You may take several months to reach your target weight - it depends how much you want to lose.
3 In his open car, the President was a sitting target for assassins.
4 The commercial side of the Christmas season is an easy target for satire.
5 A shop in Station Road was the target of a ram-raid early yesterday.
6 Production so far this year is on/off target.
7 Higher degrees in English are a target for foreign students.
8 What better target than an unprotected girl, going along that river walkway in the dark.
9 I aimed the gun carefully at the target.
10 The guidance systems didn't work and the missile couldn't hit its target.
11 Two of her shots hit the centre of the target.
12 The missile warhead hit the target, effecting a nuclear explosion.
13 They found the three engaged in target practice.
14 First, an overwhelming urge to find a market researcher and kick him or her hard on a soft target area.
15 The soldier leveled his rifle at the target.