dead-eye
Example Sentences
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Three days after the Clippers’ dead-eye accuracy against the Lakers marked one extreme — the Clippers’ 63% three-point shooting was their best against the Lakers since 1994 — Sunday’s revealed the other in stark contrast.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2022
He was a dead-eye long-range shooter in pickup basketball.
From Golf Digest • Jul. 25, 2019
Leaving school at 15, things moved fast for Stewart, and he quickly became a dead-eye trap shooter, winning national titles, qualifying for the British team and competing at the 1957 European Championships in Paris.
From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2015
Then, Foley dropped a ball and Scotland nailed a scrum and Laidlaw's dead-eye put his team 13-5 ahead after the first quarter.
From BBC • Oct. 18, 2015
It happened that Neb hit the dead-eye at the first jet, and he showed great readiness in turning the stream from point to point, as ordered.
From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by Cooper, James Fenimore
