Examples of open sight in a Sentence
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Through the open sights of the .401, the animal looked as big as a barn.
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Carl T. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2025
In addition to creating open sight lines, the trail includes motion-sensor lighting designed to be environmentally friendly and easy to maintain.
—Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
In this setting the house is unique — modern style, built in 1978 with long, open sight lines and spans of glass.
—Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2021
Outside, a sail-like awning drapes an appropriately green hue of shade over the picnic tables; inside, a barrier now rings the bar, preventing bar service, though a translucent parapet running along the top provides open sight lines to the TVs and beer taps.
—Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 9 Sep. 2020
If fully adjustable open sights will do, the less expensive standard Redhawk is for you.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 8 Oct. 2019
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Carl T. Johnson, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2025
In addition to creating open sight lines, the trail includes motion-sensor lighting designed to be environmentally friendly and easy to maintain.
—Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
In this setting the house is unique — modern style, built in 1978 with long, open sight lines and spans of glass.
—Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2021
Outside, a sail-like awning drapes an appropriately green hue of shade over the picnic tables; inside, a barrier now rings the bar, preventing bar service, though a translucent parapet running along the top provides open sight lines to the TVs and beer taps.
—Ian McNulty, NOLA.com, 9 Sep. 2020
If fully adjustable open sights will do, the less expensive standard Redhawk is for you.
—Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 8 Oct. 2019
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“Open sight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/open%20sight. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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