shot in the dark
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
It had all the hallmarks of a gamble, a shot in the dark.
From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025
It was a "shot in the dark," Wang said, given that the two scientists had never conducted a study in humans.
From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024
Yet Toyota isn’t taking a shot in the dark.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024
“Three times is excessive. I think they're just taking a shot in the dark here. It just sounds like a ‘Hail Mary’ pass,” Carolyn E. Demarest, a retired state judge, told the Daily Beast.
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2023
‘That was a mighty shot in the dark, my friend!’
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
