Sentence examples for seeking to shoot from inspiring English sources

As often happens in disputes between business and government, each side has spent a lot of ammunition seeking to shoot holes in the other's arguments and numbers.

It showed a gunman's weapon jamming as he sought to shoot a woman.

Gamekeepers sought to repel the invasion, lest the hikers scare away the birds that their employers sought to shoot.

Abdullah has also welcomed troops operating three Patriot missile batteries that will seek to shoot down any Iraqi missiles.

An article in The Los Angeles Times this week suggested that Mr. Nolan, who is known to improvise in pursuit of a vérité quality, might actually seek to shoot some protesters in Zuccotti Park.

SYDNEY, Australia — Four men accused of plotting to attack a military base in a suburb near Sydney sought to shoot as many people as possible before dying themselves in the attack, Australian officials said Tuesday.

On Wednesday, Li Shuming, a commentator in the state-run Procuratorial Daily, sought to shoot down the common refrain that fireworks were an integral part of Chinese culture, pointing out that pigtailed men and women with bound feet were once de rigeur.

"Someone has deliberately sought to shoot down this golden eagle in a shocking act of criminality," she said.

A pro-immigrant, leftist rag, Charlie Hebdo seeks to shoot spitballs at the national conversation in France, and prides itself on exposing extremists of all varieties.

Wafer pleaded not guilty and his attorney sought to show the shooting was in self defense.

But while most radio hosts sought to stay clear of political partisanship, Rush Limbaugh said Monday afternoon on his show that seeking to connect the shooting with radio talk shows — which are dominated by conservatives — was part of a Democratic strategy.