Sentence examples for shot because of a from inspiring English sources

Masipa dismissed claims that Pistorius shot because of a reflex action.

Orlando's Tracy McGrady, the N.B.A.'s leading scorer with a 30.1-point average, had 21 points in the first half, but played less than two minutes after that without taking a shot because of a bruised lower back.

As the president noted, she was attending the event at which she was shot because of a blossoming interest in politics and American democracy.

China feels entitled to call the shots because of a brutally simple environmental reckoning: It currently controls most of the globe's rare earths supply not just because of geologic good fortune, although there is some of that, but because the country has been willing to do dirty, toxic and often radioactive work that the rest of the world has long shunned.

If the returner is afraid to hit that shot because of the threat of a serve-and-volley play then the server regains the advantage.

"But not giving the women in the 2020 field a fair shot because of these fears would be a grievous error".

A16 Reassurance on Flu Threat As many Americans express frustration that they cannot get an influenza shot because of production and distribution problems, a top federal health official offered reassurance and urged patience.

Even though Puzzlement was 30-1 in the morning line, some handicappers gave him a shot because of his trainer.

Have never gotten a flu shot because of this.

Still, he said, Mr. Simon was a long shot because of his conservative stands and inexperience.

In a post covering this development, Vox's Sarah Kliff wrote, "None of the insurance expansions are a sure shot because of the politics.