Sentence examples for instead of shot from inspiring English sources

A user changed the wording in an article of the Sean Bell incident to say he and two other men were "shot at" 50 times, instead of "shot" 50 times.

Ideas need to be explored in the depth they deserve, instead of shot down as they are proposed.

Nowadays, a conservative Democrat is one who thinks George W. Bush is merely the spawn of Satan instead of the Antichrist, and a liberal Republican is one who thinks illegal immigrants should merely be beaten with sticks instead of shot.

Others say the cop might have been yelling "getting shelled with this" instead of "shot".

"Only instead of shots and wet T-shirt contests, there are shamans and yoga classes.

(Nel then clarifies to say "sounds" instead of "shots" – the defence has argued that this second set was in fact the noise of the cricket bat against the door).

"There's been a longstanding fear of skin testing, and it turns off a lot of allergy sufferers from getting help," said Dr. Mitchell, the author of "Allergy and Asthma Solution" (Marlowe, 2006), which advocates oral immunotherapy, or allergy drops, instead of shots.

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Most importantly, when you are practicing your shooting technique, go for wide, low shots instead of high shots right down the middle.

I felt like they were trying to lob it over me instead of shooting their normal shot.

Instead of the shot on Madison Street, he intends to photograph the people in East River Park, under the Williamsburg Bridge.