shot in the dark

Example Sentences

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Corban asked, but from his tone I could tell this was a 100 percent shot in the dark.

From Literature

Asking a general-use chatbot for health help used to seem like a shot in the dark—just two years ago, a study found that ChatGPT could diagnose only 2 in 10 pediatric cases correctly.

From Slate

It had all the hallmarks of a gamble, a shot in the dark.

From BBC

It’s just a giant shot in the dark, and instinct.

From Los Angeles Times

As hard rock and heavy metal gained a mainstream foothold in America thanks to MTV, Osbourne leaned into poppier metal sounds on 1983’s “Bark at the Moon” and 1986’s “Shot In The Dark.”

From Salon