Sentence examples for be shot down from inspiring English sources

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be shot down

noun

The result of launching a projectile or bullet.

  • The shot was wide off the mark.

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In the context of climate change, such cases were once derided as frivolous long shots that would be shot down quickly.

They could be shot down.

Aeroplanes, too, can be shot down.

Helicopters will be shot down.

"You are up there to be shot down very, very quickly.

Both men eventually found out what it meant to be shot down.

But Klopp is flying high and unlikely to be shot down by his club's hierarchy.

It would be a pity if it were to be shot down, again, for being imperfect.

It looked like Europe's big guns would be shot down by Jimmy Walker and Rickie Fowler.

She has shown the world that progressive Pakistan cannot be shot down by terrorists.

All of which gave impetus to building a bird that couldn't be shot down.

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