from the hip
Example Sentences
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As a mother, she wrote in her second book, “most of the time I shot from the hip, making it up as I went along.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
“But to exercise my discretion properly, I’m not going to shoot from the hip right here on the bench,” Ho said on Wednesday.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2025
Mr King, 63, said he had met McFarland several months ago to discuss Fyre II but he feared his former business partner hadn't "learned a lot in prison... he's shooting from the hip again".
From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024
Willie could barely protect himself: jabs were coming from every direction, from the hip, splitting the guard and denting the shell.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2023
The white, twisted bone angled out oddly from the hip.
From "Fallen Angels" by Walter Dean Myers
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