random shot

Example Sentences

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It’s the kind of film with a random shot of a chicken.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2025

After the credits, there’s a random shot of fireworks over Chicago.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2020

Assuming it was a random shot aimed elsewhere, we decide to continue on.

From Slate • Nov. 27, 2015

“It’s such a random shot to get a nice day in February. We always get blizzards and stuff. And then it’s going to snow again tonight. It’s a perfect little window for the Super Bowl.”

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2014

It was a random shot, and yet the reporter's instinct was right.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald