unaimed

Example Sentences

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His overwhelmed opponent, another local boy fighting in his first Rough N Rowdy, ducked his head in fear, flailing his arms, unaimed, finding little but air as Jordan ducked and bobbed.

From Washington Post • Mar. 21, 2017

Under an unanswered and therefore an unaimed fire from the heavy guns the Irish infantry moved forward upon the points which they had been ordered to attack.

From The Great Boer War by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

The Virginian's pistol came out, and his hand lay on the table, holding it unaimed.

From The Virginian, a Horseman of the Plains by Wister, Owen

"D" Company, however, pushed forward further in the mist, and, though there was plenty of machine gun fire, it was unaimed and did no damage.

From The Fifth Leicestershire A Record Of The 1/5th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, T.F., During The War, 1914-1919. by Hills, John David

The facts are that the Russians were beaten by superior morale; that unaimed fire, at random, there perhaps more than elsewhere, had the only material effect.

From Battle Studies by Ardant du Picq, Charles Jean Jacques Joseph