shoot out
Example Sentences
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The troublesome Queen of the Night dazzles with high notes that shoot out like daggers.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
As fans celebrated the dramatic penalty shoot out victory, some 20,000 people converged on the city's iconic Champs-Elysees avenue, police said.
From Barron's • May 30, 2026
In the pitch black of the mine, mud-splattered men with headlamps drill into the rock in two-man teams, using hydro drills with long, thin nozzles that shoot out pressurized water to loosen the ore.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 27, 2026
Blazars are a type of active galaxy powered by supermassive black holes that shoot out powerful, narrow jets of particles and radiation at nearly the speed of light.
From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2025
“He is the strongest knight in the King’s bodyguard, and Elfred the Dane is his finest bowman. Elfred can shoot out the eyes of an owl at two hundred paces.”
From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli
