How to Use archer in a Sentence

archer

noun
  • Here’s what to know about the armless archers taking the world by storm.
    Chad De Guzman, TIME, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Sagittarius is a fire sign, and claims the symbol of the archer.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022
  • Connect the dots, and there’s Wario as an archer, a snake or a lion.
    Todd Martens Game Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2021
  • This will become the belly of the bow, which is the side that faces the archer (not the side of the bow facing the target).
    Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2020
  • Recent Bachelorette star Jenn Tran has been the archer, and she's been the prey.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Many cheered the news that an arrow shot by one of their archers had hit a policeman in the leg.
    The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The wood of this 50-foot tall tree is prized by archers for arrows — one of its common names is bow wood.
    Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The archers used long bows, which required a huge amount of rotation of the spine when pulling back on the bowstring.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Their match marked the first time two such archers faced each other at the Paralympics.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
  • The archer and his wife kept the potion hidden in a safe until someone came to steal it one day.
    Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2024
  • His Olympic career spans five games and five medals, the most of any American archer.
    Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The Slow Time ability can make a so-so archer feel like Legolas.
    Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 3 Sep. 2023
  • No story of a heroic local archer; no part of the mountain shaped like a bow.
    Jessica Francis Kane, Harper's Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
  • In this game, armies of stick men clash, aided only by a single archer — that’s you.
    Loresjoberg, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2007
  • Olympic archers miss the center ring at a similar rate.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Among the things that the Greeks most feared were the Persian archers, famous for their skill and accuracy.
    National Geographic, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Recurve bows are long, elegant and low-tech, and rely mostly on the strength of the archer.
    Rona Berg, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The elastic cell walls have the tension of an archer’s bow, bent out of shape but held in place by an external force.
    Helen Czerski, WSJ, 25 June 2021
  • While the tournaments helped him become a good archer, the Ozarks taught him to become a woodsman.
    Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Sagittarius is a fire sign and is symbolized by the archer.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2023
  • It is thought that the yew was used to create longbows for his royal archers in the lead-up to the Battle of Bannockburn.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 7 June 2023
  • The video shows an archer shooting a deer in a forested area next to Tapert's house, followed by the deer running away down the street.
    Brittny Mejia, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Amisha is also the first Boone County archer in school history to score 280 or above.
    Melanie Laughman, Cincinnati.com, 6 Mar. 2020
  • The archer is known for pursuing truth and justice, which is what Rachel desires.
    Lisa Stardust, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
  • With the core leadership gone, Bullitt Central looks to star archer Adam Dustin to lead the effort.
    J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2022
  • The nighttime steppe is an army of archers aiming their electric black arrows directly at you.
    Literary Hub, 23 Jan. 2026
  • The archer is known to be a magical being that throws zingers, or in this case, spells, at those who frustrate their peace.
    Lisa Stardust, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Other barriers for the sidewalk, called archers, were in storage and were not being used.
    Kati Weis, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Imagine being an archer in the Olympics.
    Christopher Carr, The Conversation, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Fit a Bow A new bow loses about a third of its value after leaving the shop, so a lot of new archers start with a hand-me-down.
    The Editors, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025

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