- plural of shot.
shots
Example Sentences
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“I’m able to absorb bad shots with ease.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
I feel as though I’ve spent much of my summer taking shots at “Obsession” gussying up its thin characterizations to fool people into thinking it’s anything more than your standard horror sludge.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
Patrick Cantlay is level with McIlroy after carding a 66, while fellow American Clark extended his lead at Bellerive Country Club in St Louis to five shots with a 65.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
Lines at the tech-driven cafe move quickly thanks to automatic espresso machines that produce eight espresso shots at a time and up to 700 per hour.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026
In other words, I was making about nine out of ten shots, ninety out of a hundred.
From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman
