shot in the dark

Example Sentences

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It was a "shot in the dark," Wang said, given that the two scientists had never conducted a study in humans.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

Yet Toyota isn’t taking a shot in the dark.

From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024

“Three times is excessive. I think they're just taking a shot in the dark here. It just sounds like a ‘Hail Mary’ pass,” Carolyn E. Demarest, a retired state judge, told the Daily Beast.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2023

To get a good shot in the dark, your camera will need a long exposure, which means it will be especially sensitive to motion and handling.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2022

It seemed like a shot in the dark, but, just to get Golan off my back, one afternoon I had my dad drop me at the library so I could check it out.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs