Sentence examples for shot down for from inspiring English sources

He was shot down, for the second time in Vietnam.

After he was shot down for both roles, the radicalism grew.

Although now I feel a bit nervous naming anything Shakespearean, I might get shot down for this one.

I had already been shot down for suggesting we spend the day floating about on the tarn chasing trout.

Now even a Republican proposal that isn't even a real compromise is being shot down for containing a tincture of new money.

Vladimir Putin, after a Russian plane was shot down for straying briefly into Turkish airspace, accused Ankara of being "accomplices of terrorists".

Karrie Webb won her first L.P.G.A. Tour title in two years, rallying from five shots down for a two-shot win over Shanshan Feng at the ShopRite L.P.G.A. Classic in Galloway Township, N.J.

shot down calls for the congressman to resign amid sexual harassment allegations and instead pointed fingers at the accusers during a news conference on Thursday.

shot down calls for a special prosecutor to lead the ongoing investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election and possible ties to President Donald Trump, a number of his rank-and-file members struggled to understand Trump's actions. .

But it's more fun and ultimately more productive than applying and being shot-down for the umpteenth job application.

At the end of 1941 Bomber Command reckoned that it was losing six aircraft to accidents for every one shot down by the enemy.