shoot through

Example Sentences

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When the agents failed to pry the sofa bed open, Maltzan told them it was stuck, but they could “shoot through the couch” if they thought she was hiding anything.

From The Wall Street Journal

I lower my shoulder, shoot through the force field, and barrel into the creature with all my body’s strength— just as Dad taught me when he tried and failed to teach me football.

From Literature

After he landed, Diaz felt pain shoot through his foot.

From Los Angeles Times

But one structural engineer told me that the greater risk in most facilities is horizontal, not vertical—not that a vehicle would fall through the floor, but that it would shoot through a barrier.

From Slate

Monika Mitchell was the director for one of them, and she did a location shoot through my house.

From Salon