How to Use point-blank in a Sentence

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• While one man stood guard, the killer shot Mizell in the back of the head at point-blank range.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
• Anibal Godoy had a point-blank look at the goal in the 40th minute that went wide.
  — Ryan Finley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025
• Her second shot was a short, point-blank floater in the lane.
  — Sean Gregory / Uncasville, TIME, 15 May 2024
• Two Belmont friends were killed by point-blank shots to the head.
  — Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
• But Tania’s better half shot him in the face at point-blank range.
  — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 25 June 2025
• Cure then fights back and puts his hand at the deputy's throat before Aldridge shoots him point-blank.
  — Christina Shaw, Fox News, 28 Feb. 2025
• He was shot in the head at point-blank range by a Palestinian in Tel Aviv on March 9.
  — Laurie Kellman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
• The Fire’s best chance came in the 88th minute when Jonathan Bamba’s point-blank shot was stopped by Ustari.
  — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
• But one of them was on a point-blank one-timer by Corey Perry on the doorstep on a power play.
  — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 30 May 2025
• To the shock of everyone else in the room, Conrad pulls out a pistol and shoots Archie point-blank in the chest.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 30 Mar. 2025
• Nathan Flowers scored from point-blank range with 53.6 seconds on the first-half clock.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
• Boateng had a chance to break the deadlock just before the half, but had two point-blank attempts blocked.
  — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
• The other was a brilliant kick save from point-blank range on Adriana Leon to keep the clean sheet.
  — Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2025
• One of them—Edward—asked me, point-blank, what was going on with her.
  — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
• Bjorkstrand then nearly had his hat trick again with a point-blank chance from the slot that again rang off the post.
  — Geoff Baker, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2023
• McDavid, Edmonton’s top star, had a point-blank shot in the first minute.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024
• Doncic had 34 points and nine rebounds before the point-blank shot that could have tied it.
  — Schuyler Dixon, ajc, 5 Mar. 2023
• She was reportedly shot twice at point-blank range and died at the scene.
  — Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 3 June 2025
• One of them pulled out a gun and shot Hubert in the back of the head at point-blank range in front of at least two dozen witnesses.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 28 May 2025
• The images of children shot at point-blank range in Bucha, a small town outside Kyiv still haunt him.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2023
• Williamson had chances to put the Pelicans on his back, but missed a couple point-blank tries and three free throws.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
• McWhorter shot Ward three times at point-blank range in the chest, according to the lawsuit.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
• When asked point-blank if the song's lyrics were about him and his ex-wife, Yael Cohen, Braun had an answer ready.
  — Lauren Huff, EW.com, 18 July 2025
• The deputy shot the stun gun twice at Cure and hit him with a baton before shooting him with a gun at point-blank range.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2023
• Gandhi was shot in the chest and stomach at point-blank range.
  — Lorenzino Estrada, AZCentral.com, 30 Jan. 2026
• James missed a point-blank layup on his first shot.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
• In reality, videos show one agent calling Good an expletive as she is shot in the face and chest at point-blank range.
  — Patricia Murphy, AJC.com, 28 Jan. 2026
• An instant later, another agent opened fire at point-blank range.
  — Karen Cortes, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
• In many cases, residents have been outraged with the use of pepper spray at point-blank range.
  — Minneapolis Star Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
• Mats Zuccarello fired one from point-blank range that nearly hit the corner of the rink.
  — Michael Russo, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026