Examples of squeeze off in a Sentence

the hunter waited for the deer to start feeding, then squeezed off several rounds

Recent Examples on the Web The attacker tried to squeeze off another round, but the Smith & Wesson jammed. — Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019 Otherwise, he usually was squeezed off the game-day roster to the list of seven inactive players on Sunday. — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 25 Feb. 2020 Brad Marchand landed a game-high seven shots on net and squeezed off two more, one that was blocked and one off net . . . — BostonGlobe.com, 16 Nov. 2019 The deadliest example occurred in Las Vegas two years ago when a gunman possessed a dozen 100-round magazines that helped him squeeze off 10 rounds per second onto a crowd of concert-goers from his hotel room, killing 58 people. — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2019 Bowey prevented a Vegas clearing attempt, then skated toward the slot and squeezed off a shot while getting knocked down by William Carrier. — Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 10 Nov. 2019 David Pastrnak squeezed off a game-high 10 shots, five of which made it to the net. — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2019 The deadliest example occurred in Las Vegas two years ago when a gunman possessed a dozen 100-round magazines that helped him squeeze off 10 rounds per second onto a crowd of concert-goers from his hotel room, killing 58 people. — Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2019 Otherwise, they’ll be lost in space à la Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and the rest of the crew squeezed off the GOP ship by The Donald four years ago. — Lorraine Ali, chicagotribune.com, 23 June 2019 See More

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