Sentence examples for were aiming from inspiring English sources

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were aiming

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The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.

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You were aiming at the wrong target.

Who knows what they were aiming at.

"They were aiming at the blimp which carries cameras.

He said it was not immediately clear if the FARC guerrillas were aiming at the church.

Perhaps, I murmured, they were aiming a little high… They simply took no notice at all.

Crazy wasn't an easy record to make, because we were aiming high".

If Brady and the Patriots were aiming for the records, they would not say.

"We were aiming to create a Europe without waste and stop land filling.

If the Democrats were aiming for a real-life portrait, they got a two-sided one.

"They didn't just stumble onto the bai — they were aiming at it".

"I think they were aiming at the Times leak and found this instead".

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