shooting out

Example Sentences

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The team used technology called LIDAR, which measures pollution in the atmosphere by shooting out lots of laser pulses and seeing which bounce back off something.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

Camera lenses on the creatures’ chests took photos of their surroundings, which were then churned through an artificial-intelligence filter before eventually shooting out from printers embedded in their hindquarters onto the fair floor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

"The regular or 'forward' sprinkler is similar to a rocket, since it propels itself by shooting out jets," adds Ristroph.

From Science Daily • Jan. 29, 2024

All you get are the pinky-red jets that it's shooting out in polar opposite directions.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2023

The children said that the boiler, jumping up and down, bursting steam, flames shooting out the bottom, matched their dreams when they had a fever.

From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston