Sentence examples for have shot off from inspiring English sources

I could have shot off a gun without causing a commotion.

A Mexican cavalry scout fired at Texian picket Henry Karnes; after returning fire, Karnes ran back to his company, frustrated because, as he put it, "Boys, the scoundrels have shot off my powder horn".

Peggy told her that God had put it there because she had shot off her father's head and cut out her mother's heart and eaten it..

It was as if an ex-boyfriend, mere months after an aching, non-mutual breakup, had shot off an overly casual text inquiring after a hang.

Within hours of the raid, Mr. Chalabi's lawyers had shot off a letter to the F.B.I. director, Robert S. Mueller III, and the director of central intelligence, George J. Tenet, condemning what they called a "tawdry action" which they said was "committed by Iraqi policemen under the command of United States soldiers and several men who were identified as part of the F.B.I. and C.I.A".

This isn't the first time the experimental incubator paid off for MySpace: Slingshot also created DailyFill, a gossip site that has shot off to 3.9 million uniques a month since its launch less than four months ago.

McGill thought someone had shot off fireworks — a cruel prank?

Over the last five years the DPRK has shot off 31 missiles.

The timber roof started burning, but the Germans continued, not stopping until they had shot off 400 explosive shells.

In addition, foreign policy -- which is considered to be Giuliani's strongest policy area in large part because of his leadership in New York after 9/11 -- has shot off the back burner in the last two months because of unrest in the Middle East, the tragic earthquake in Japan, and the situation in Libya.

"There were about five years there when you could have shot a cannon off in the place and no one would have heard it," said Chris Denton, the maitre d'hotel of the Los Angeles Mr. Chow.