shoot-'em-up
Example Sentences
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Only about a third of the storytelling in “Lioness” is shoot-'em-up action, though.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2024
“I guess I’m happier they are playing chess rather than some shoot-’em-up game.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2023
You needed the sun, the constant 70-sum’n-degree temps, and Carolyn’s Kitchen, that dope soul food, shoot-’em-up joint in South Central that closed down years ago and reopened in California City about 1.5 hours away.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2021
Clothing that didn’t really qualify as clothing, but made the leap into costume of the most big screen blockbuster, shoot-’em-up video game kind.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2021
Their heads were adorned with matte black helmets, and they reminded him of characters in one of those shoot-’em-up military games.
From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro
