Sentence examples for aiming a shot from inspiring English sources

Fingleton noted that, early in his innings, Macartney had a strategy of aiming a shot straight at the bowler's head, in order to rattle him and seize a psychological advantage.

One common mistake that most people make when aiming a shot is opening the face, you will end up hitting the puck with the bottom of the blade.

Mahrez accepted the gift in a typically unhurried fashion, taking his time, steadying himself and aiming a precise shot inside the near corner of Lukasz Fabianski's goal.

Sammy continued to counter-attack as he sought to wrest the initiative back from India but, having scored 25 off 10 balls, he perished after aiming a big shot at Amit Mishra's first ball of the session and finding VVS Laxman at extra cover.

At an age when contemporaries and rivals like Henry M. Paulson Jr., who succeeded Mr. Corzine at Goldman and went on to become the Treasury secretary, are writing memoirs, Mr. Corzine is aiming for a shot at redemption.

Brazil exited after a 1-0 quarterfinal defeat to France, managing to aim a single shot between the posts.

Costa took the ball in a central position, turned inside Thiago Silva with great determination and aimed a low shot beyond the oncoming Trapp.

Blocked! 6.33pm BST 74 min: Schurrle flies down the right and then aims a soft shot at Lloris, who gets down to save comfortably.

In a celebrated campaign ad, he aimed a rifle shot at a copy of the president's 2009 cap-and-trade bill, which was designed to reduce carbon emissions, before Senate Republicans killed it.

There was clearly a falling-out: near the end, Thompson aims a cheap shot at Berkmann's new team, saying they stumped up only £20 for a memorial to a dead team-mate when the Scott XI had raised £500.

Mateus took a pass from Lunguinha and then backheeled the ball back into the full-back's path, only for Lunguinha to aim a weak shot at the keeper from 18 yards.