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