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How to use the word Shots in a Sentence? Page #27

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November 25, 2006, 50 shots were shot at his car for no reason, they didn't take my son to be a human being. I've never heard of a person shooting a dog or an animal 50 times.

Valerie Bell

Found on CNN
9 years ago

You've been taking a lot of shots at my job, I've decided I'm going to go ahead and take a shot at yours, as you know I, Stephen Colbert, have never cared for our president.

Barack Obama

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

In the short to medium-term this is a completely unrealistic option, and statements coming out of the likes of England are Germany are simply shots across the bows of FIFA, longer term, it is a possibility... but it's a big call for the dissenting nations as it would create a multitude of political and organizational problems for domestic and continental associations.

Simon Chadwick

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Evidence suggests that he wasn't fleeing and was facing the officer, if that's true ... the officer has to explain six shots. He has to explain a reason for each of those six shots. He has to have justifiably been in fear of his life or fear of some imminent serious bodily harm.

Danny Cevallos

Found on CNN
9 years ago

The course was really there to be had and I got off to a nice start through 10 holes and I was feeling really good, but unfortunately it slowed up on the back nine and a couple of random wedge shots cost Adam Scott dearly, I'm within shouting distance, at least. Thirty-six holes, there's a lot of golf to be played, and if I play a good 36 I think I can be in with a chance.

Adam Scott

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Big shots are only little shots who keep shooting.

Christopher Morley

added by anonymous
10 years ago

Big shots are only little shots who kept on shooting.

Dale Carnegie

added by anonymous
13 years ago

It has been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that you miss 100% of the shots you do not take.

Wayne Gretski

added by anonymous
13 years ago

You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.

Wayne Gretzky

added by anonymous
13 years ago

We are all in it together. This is a war. We take a few shots and it will be over. We will give them a few shots and it will be over.

Richard Milhous Nixon

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Does Grandpa love to baby-sit his grandchildren Are you kidding By day he is too busy taking hormone shots at the doctor's or chip shots on the golf course. At night he and Grandma are too busy doing the cha-cha.

Hal

added by anonymous
14 years ago

You miss 100 of the shots you never take.

Wayne Gretzky

added by anonymous
14 years ago

An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.

Charles Franklin Kettering

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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