shoot off

Example Sentences

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O’Connell, the trade economist, said California’s defense industry will benefit “to the extent we’ve managed to shoot off a large part of our inventory of our arsenal, and we’ll need to replenish that.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Meanwhile, students are applying “to hundreds and hundreds of jobs. They just shoot off application after application,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

And Mr Mitchell, who has represented Mr Trump in the past, reportedly said he hoped the former president didn't know about Comstock either "because I just don't want him to shoot off his mouth".

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2024

In response to her second or third attempt, I scream at the top of my lungs and shoot off in search of a safe hiding space.

From Salon • Oct. 31, 2023

I wanted change and excitement and to shoot off in all directions myself, like the colored arrows from a Fourth of July rocket.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath