How to Use aim in a Sentence

aim

1 of 2 verb

• He aimed the stone at the dog but missed.
• She aimed at a point in the eastern sky.
• She aimed the telescope at a point in the eastern sky.
• The throw from the shortstop was poorly aimed.
• Don't aim that pistol at me!
• Try to aim the antenna in the right direction.
• He aimed the gun carefully before shooting.
• He aimed carefully before shooting.
• He aimed his criticism primarily at parents.
• Many workers aim to do just that.
  — Jessica Dickler,greg Iacurci, CNBC, 4 Apr. 2026
• This round aims to secure all three at scale.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 27 Feb. 2026
• This new event will be aiming to join those ranks.
  — Ben Oliver, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2026
• Then, simply aim your lens at the sky and snap away!
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 13 Jan. 2026
• Too many projects still aim at the wrong problem from day one.
  — Mike Hoffman, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
• Their release was part of a deal aimed at ending two years of war.
  — Pilar Arias , Yonat Friling, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2025
• The artists have pointed out that their lyrics aren’t aimed at children.
  — Elda Cantú, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• For planks, aim for 15 to 30 seconds per set.
  — Dana Santas Feb 28, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026
• The Rockies aim to make more contact.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2026
• Bend the flexible straw to aim and place the rocket straw over the end.
  — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
• The funds are aimed to assist her widower and two sons.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
• These attacks aim to destroy data rather than steal it.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Mar. 2026
• Amazon aims to raise that number more than tenfold.
  — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 29 May 2026
• Just switch on Night Mode in your settings and aim your lens at the sky.
  — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
• This effort aims to clamp down on overpayments.
  — Angela Palo, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• Much of that is due to the type of production many of the world’s biggest artists aim for.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
• The city is aiming to keep the pool open as long as possible this season.
  — Megan Becka, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
• Always base the size of your heater on your space, aiming for 10 watts per square foot.
  — Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2026
• Provisions in the new law that go into effect this year aim to change that.
  — Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Jan. 2026
• March 21 – April 19 Clear edges can help your courage aim true.
  — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
• Swift’s filings appear aimed at that danger.
  — Daryl Lim, The Conversation, 28 May 2026

aim

2 of 2 noun

• The book has two basic aims.
• He fired at the target but his aim was off and he missed.
• She was unable to achieve her aims.
• I started this business with the aim of making a profit.
• Our ultimate aim is to create something of lasting value.
• Greenidge puts her aims even more humbly.
  — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
• His aim isn’t to be the biggest.
  — Malana Vantyler, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
• The aim has been higher all year.
  — Tim Britton, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
• Who is involved and what are their aims?
  — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2025
• The fighting stopped, but its aims did not.
  — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
• This time, the aim is clearly regime change.
  — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
• Those aims do not appear to have been achieved.
  — Richard Hall, Time, 14 June 2026
• Like so many jumpers in this series, his aim was off.
  — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
• For those wired to take dead aim at pin flags, golf clubs have long filled that role.
  — Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
• Alas, at no point does that feel like a conscious aim of the film.
  — Sam Bodrojan, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
• My body’s in a C shape, trying to track the aim.
  — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
• The aim has been to place the season in context.
  — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 24 May 2026
• The aim is to arrange them into four groups of four.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
• And their eventual aim is to drive them out.
  — Seth Doane, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
• And as such, their aim is a bit different.
  — Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
• Prabowo said one aim is to increase tax revenues.
  — Edna Tarigan, Fortune, 26 May 2026
• Your ideas land better when they are attached to a clear aim.
  — Tarot.com, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
• The aim is to make the city better on good days, and safer on the worst ones.
  — Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
• One of the chief aims of this camp is not to have a repeat of last year’s camp.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 17 Sep. 2025
• My aims are always the same, which is a good story well told.
  — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 July 2023
• But her aims are more than academic.
  — Adam Green, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2025
• The aim is to cut close where safe, back off where risky, and avoid getting stuck.
  — New Atlas, 15 Mar. 2026
• Teaching them how to trust again is one of the shelter’s aims.
  — Michael Rios, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
• The aim is not to control outputs in a rigid sense, but to guide them.
  — Heather Farmbrough, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
• The aim is for this meeting to take place on Friday.
  — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025