Sentence examples similar to shoot blank from inspiring English sources
That's the industry term for a gunfight (we only shoot blanks, of course).
Firearms on film and television sets are modified to shoot blanks; in some cases, the barrels are blocked off.
While the guns once fired live ammunition, they have been modified on-site so that they now shoot blanks, if they shoot at all.
(He writes that Nixon once insisted he would bring peace to Vietnam, noting, "Richard Nixon doesn't shoot blanks," and dismissed his NATO staff as "a bunch of fairies").
The 1962 ground-breaking ceremony was conducted in truly Texan style: local dignitaries used guns to shoot blanks into the earth.
"Topdog," in which he is in whiteface, black coat and fake beard -- so people can shoot blanks at him at an arcade -- is the first two-character play Mr. Wright has ever done.
Johnny One-Nothisthis book is shooting blanks.
Florida crashed and burned shooting blanks on its second-half 3s against Louisville.
Jill tells him that he's "shooting blanks" in the paternity sweepstakes.
