How to Use marksman in a Sentence

marksman

noun
  • The career marksman is a floor spacer who can start in spots or come off the bench.
    Scott Horner, Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2018
  • The career marksman is a floor spacer who can start in spots or come off the bench.
    J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 4 May 2018
  • Del Rio was a 6-foot-4 marksman on a team that scored like crazy.
    Daniel Brown, The Mercury News, 21 May 1950
  • By all accounts, though, his skills as a marksman leave much to be desired.
    Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Vanya being a lousy marksman, the play doesn’t veer into tragedy.
    Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
  • Later, a passerby, impressed by this display, trots off in search of the marksman.
    Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2022
  • The 54-year-old Israel marksman is aiming for his first gold.
    Emily Burack, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2021
  • One of them, a fair- haired youth, inspected his weapon with the calm detachment of a marksman.
    Andrew Liptak, The Verge, 17 June 2018
  • Such a short distance is considered well within reach of a basic marksman.
    Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Such a short distance is considered well within reach of a basic marksman.
    Will Carless, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Use the marksman's kit to repair the bow and bring its condition back up to 100%.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Huckabay, who Dudley said is a veteran and marksman, made the one-shot kill.
    Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Who makes that final drive in Dallas last week other than Rodgers, the frisky marksman?
    Peter King, SI.com, 15 Oct. 2017
  • Sport shooters, hunters, and target marksmen will each be hard-pressed to find a handgun with more value for the money.
    Field & Stream, 17 Sep. 2019
  • To this point in his college career, Toppin wouldn't be confused for a 3-point marksman.
    Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Illinois is led by freshman guard Keaton Wagler, a 3-point marksman.
    Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 29 Mar. 2026
  • López Obrador adapts speeches to his audiences with the precision of a marksman.
    Nacha Cattan, Bloomberg.com, 30 June 2018
  • Trompo handlers — the tromperos — are skilled marksmen, shaving paper-thin slices from the large vertical spit.
    Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 July 2024
  • Dawson joined the Army at age 17, serving as a marksman and sharpshooter.
    Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Matt took a meeting with Dex, to pressure the marksman into giving up who hired him to off Foggy.
    Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Antti was shot through the nasal cavity by a Red Guard marksman on a drizzly evening in Tampere.
    Arna Bontemps Hemenway, The Atlantic, 19 July 2019
  • Lukaku, meanwhile, has played two games fewer than Kane, but even his impressive record cannot match that of the Spurs marksman.
    SI.com, 27 Sep. 2017
  • Replacing your leading scorer, who doubles as the conference’s top marksman from long range, is a tall order.
    Daily News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The former Villanova star is a marksman from deep and made the Pacers pay with three 3-pointers.
    Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023
  • The Bulldogs were hardly marksmen from that spot either but made a more respectable 20 of 29.
    Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Out-and-proud Billy (a magnetic Moses Bossenbroek) is an ace marksman by day, drag queen by night.
    Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2019
  • The shot that killed Kirk would not have required an expert marksman, according to multiple firearms experts.
    Christian Orozco, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
  • If Marshall gets hot from three-point range, guard Landry Shamet is a skilled marksman from three-point range who might be the perfect answer.
    Usa Today Sports, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The Rams are the exact kind of team that has given the Aztecs trouble this season, with 3-point marksmen spread across the perimeter.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Learning to identify a building or diminishing wind is a skill that separates expert marksmen from the rest of the pack.
    John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 15 Jan. 2026

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