shooting
[ˈʃuːtɪŋ]
Definition:
1. The act of firing a projectile.
2. Killing someone by gunfire.
'shooting' example sentence:
- He loved the camera shooting.
- Ingrid was busy learning her lines for the next day's shooting.
- Paramilitaries were blamed for the shooting.
- Soldiers went on a rampage, pillaging stores and shooting.
- The shooting occurred in the 34th Precinct.
- Troops began shooting in all directions.
- There have been a whole slew of shooting incidents.
- What do you mean you can't do it? It'll be like shooting fish in a barrel!
- "Get down!" she yelled. "Somebody's shooting!"
- He was shooting pool with two other men.
- Human rights groups are demanding an investigation into the shooting.
- He was killed by three shots to the head in a drive-by shooting.
- Journalists were shooting questions at the candidates.
- An old hand at photography, Tim has been shooting wildlife as a hobby for the last 13 years.
- He saw the shooting and memorized the licence plate of the assassin's car.
- He was prepared to suppress rebellion by shooting down protesters.
- The shooting-range is lit from underneath by rows of ruby-red light fixtures.
- An armed gang barged onto the train and began hacking and shooting anyone in sight.
- Political leaders have roundly condemned the shooting.
- An innocent child's life has been snuffed out by this senseless shooting.
- After school we'd be on the driveway shooting baskets.
- Terrorist groups claimed responsibility for the shootings and bomb attacks.
- Flames were shooting up through the roof.
- His recreations include golf, football and shooting.
- We need to establish where she was at the time of the shooting.
- Shooting began early this year.
- Grouse shooting begins in August.
- We sat around in the bar, shooting the breeze.
- They go shooting in Scotland.
- We've been shooting for a pay raise for months.
- There are unconfirmed reports of a shooting in the capital.
- Every step he took sent the pain shooting up his leg.
- Two more bodies were found nearby after the shooting.
- The shooting may have been in retaliation for the arrest of the terrorist suspects.
- There was a shooting incident near here last night.
- She described the shooting as a wicked attack.