clay pigeon

Example Sentences

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They simply bought a gun and ammunition and showed up at the range or clay pigeon course to figure it out.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2023

I go clay pigeon shooting on a Saturday.

From Time • Jan. 13, 2016

“My life changed on New Year’s Day 1953 when, aged 13, I took part in a local clay pigeon shooting competition”, Stewart wrote in his autobiography.

From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2015

My father started taking me hunting with a gun when I was 14 but I took up clay pigeon shooting aged 23 or 24.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2015

He got afraid he might lose his little clay pigeon.

From Hooded Detective, Volume III No. 2, January, 1942 by Various