Sentence examples for aiming down from inspiring English sources

The phrase "aiming down" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is directing their focus or intention towards a lower target or goal.
Example: "The archer was aiming down at the target to ensure a precise shot."
Alternatives: "pointing downward" or "directing downwards".

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He said the gunman was aiming down at people in the cafeteria.

At first, with the shotgun microphone aiming down at the couple like a rifle with a scope, we think we are witnessing an assassination attempt.

After recording their behavior with two video cameras aiming down on an insect-size stage, she analyzed 300 hours of videotape of the ants in action.

After a hail of machine-gun fire in the late afternoon in downtown Tunis, snipers were visible on the rooftop of the Interior Ministry, aiming down at the Boulevard Bourguiba.

The camera from anterior-to-posterior (relative to the cadaver) through the hip joint while the investigator stood on a ladder aiming down towards the floor (for hip abduction, internal rotation, and external rotation).

Nick and either Ben or Bryan would stay in defensive positions regardless of what developed, aiming down set lanes of fire to keep the enemy from taking direct approaches.

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Also in the dogfight is Air Deccan, a two-year-old low-cost airline with 19 aircraft and, it claims, 87% occupancy although it is aiming down-market of Kingfisher, saying that it is "competing with trains, not other airlines".

They are designed so badly; the shower heads aim down, when really, like a bidet, they should probably aim up.

In "Rubbish," almost every tightly framed shot aims down toward the city sidewalk and its inhabitants: forgotten potato chips, strawberry spills, the lone plastic bag.

In "Stack of Sugar Sacks," the camera aims down at a monumental block built from row after row of thousands of stacked sacks.

Shortly afterward, Joe Jr. was flying an aircraft that was a kind of manned missile, intended to be aimed down at its target across the Channel while the crew parachuted out, when it exploded prematurely.

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