How to Use shot in a Sentence

shot

1 of 2 noun

• But his jump shot was ice-cold.
  — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2026
• How much does the flu shot cost?
  — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 13 Oct. 2025
• Reed just missed two open deep shots.
  — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
• That was a big-time shot for her.
  — Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
• All of them got their flu shots this year.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
• The first was a walk-off shot last month.
  — Jason Burke, Oc Register, 21 June 2026
• One shot made from the field, eight turnovers.
  — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
• Sánchez had the big blow with a two-run shot.
  — ABC News, 7 June 2026
• Olive wants Ahn to shoot her shot.
  — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 27 June 2026
• Maria does not miss an event and does not miss a shot.
  — Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
• Red Bulls put four of its six shots on goal.
  — The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2026
• Otto gives up his neck for a clean shot.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 29 June 2026
• But those shots were from the outside.
  — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
• Murashov stopped 24 of 27 shots.
  — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
• Give us the hard-hitting hero shots.
  — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
• Lehkonen added a goal and four more shots.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 12 Oct. 2025
• In the video, a still shot of the menu appears.
  — Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 8 Sep. 2025
• Agents draw their weapons after shots rang out.
  — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
• Two shots at it against the best closer in the game.
  — Doug Padilla, Oc Register, 19 Apr. 2026
• Keep the scheme, but add a few more shots for Mitchell.
  — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
• The complaint does not say how many shots were fired.
  — Nicole Acevedo, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
• That’s no shot at anybody that didn’t end up here.
  — Miami Herald, 26 Apr. 2026
• These guys could score at the end of the games and get their own shot and stuff.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026
• The page said that more than 65 shots were fired at an event.
  — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 7 June 2026
• Vladimir Tarasenko took a shot from the left point on the next shift.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 10 May 2026
• A lot of people would just try to catch that and force up a shot.
  — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2026
• The shot lands with a thud on the field, in sync with turning heads.
  — Zoe Bahjat, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Mar. 2026
• Yes, the Flames had 62 shots on goal that night.
  — Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
• No shots have been fired and no ships have been boarded at this point.
  — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
• Fey’s Noem then entered the shot.
  — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2025

shot

2 of 2 adjective

• The tires on the car are shot.
• After five seconds, a shot fires and the man drops to the ground.
  — Nicholas Triolo, Outside Online, 21 Mar. 2023
• The cups retain their form but are compressed to the size of a shot glass.
  — Joel Achenbach, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2023
• Hayes made all five of his shot attempts in the fourth, with eight points drives to the rim.
  — Omari Sankofa Ii, Detroit Free Press, 7 Feb. 2022
• The tie was sealed by Charles’ cross-shot with four minutes to go.
  — Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 13 May 2026
• Months ago, one of them got half of the two-shot Pfizer vaccine.
  — Nanette Asimov, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2022
• Sergeyich and Galya drank without toasting, half a shot glass at a sip.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
• Sergachev lost his stick behind the net but slid into the slot for the shot block.
  — orlandosentinel.com, 30 Jan. 2022
• Here homemade samples—light and dark—are served in shot glasses.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 24 July 2022
• From the stage back to the screen, Hawkins is getting the pro-shot treatment.
  — Kennedy French, Variety, 10 Feb. 2026
• As in, use a golf-ball-size amount for their body and enough to fill a shot glass for the face (just over 1oz).
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 19 Apr. 2022
• Next to the typical stemware, a shot glass sat at every place setting.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2022
• Zayas was recast in the part and re-shot Busfield’s scenes.
  — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 4 Feb. 2026
• The numbers in his shot distribution back this up, too.
  — Sam Vecenie, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
• The Smith of just a few weeks ago wouldn't have been as comfortable with such a shot attempt.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 8 Dec. 2022
• No charges have yet been filed in connection to the shooting, which left the shot man clinging to life.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 18 Mar. 2026
• Not to mention the shot glass bearing his exhortation to enivrez-vous sans cesse!
  — Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 23 Mar. 2022
• Like on a smartphone, a post-shot preview appears with every capture.
  — PC Magazine, 17 Oct. 2025
• That’s made up of all the components… not just the shot choices, but the set design, the music.
  — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Apr. 2022
• See some of the stars who have posted their shot selfies on People in 10, above.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 16 Dec. 2021
• Keller drove an old police car, shoveled horse manure at Urbanchek’s barn and shot trap and skeet.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2022
• Tyler is the bench’s lone shot creator at the moment (Victor Oladipo could change that).
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Jan. 2022
• The real question of moving Tyler up is who would be the shot creator in the second unit.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 6 May 2022
• The group often found letters from fans in the mailbox, shot glasses and candles left as tributes.
  — Gabrielle Calise, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Mar. 2022
• The Wolves will miss his shot creation on offense nearly as much as his dogged perimeter defense.
  — Jon Krawczynski, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2026
• For deeper fish use a jigging spoon or drop-shot rig 40 to 60 feet deep along gravel points and humps.
  — Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 3 Jan. 2023
• Young went deep a few times with a pass interference called on a shot play to Burton late in the first quarter.
  — Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 4 Sep. 2022
• Guard Tera Reed took control in the fourth quarter, making all four shot attempts with ten points.
  — Jenna Ortiz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Feb. 2022
• The Knights’ offense, the coach said, was also meticulous in its shot placement.
  — Steve Smith, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2022
• Tatum’s presence alone should elevate the shot quality.
  — Jay King, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2026