- present participle of shoot.
shooting
Example Sentences
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The star guard actually was bringing down the team’s shooting average.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
We had written the pilot, where John’s father is shooting the apple off of his head, and then when Vanessa came on shortly thereafter, she’s like, “Where’s mom?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
"The public is left without a full record of how this encounter ended in a shooting."
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
The 82nd can perform a range of missions including shooting down threats and parachuting into hostile territory to secure airfields and land.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
She was determined to see a shooting star before they docked in New York.
From "I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912" by Lauren Tarshis
