Sentence examples for were shooting for from inspiring English sources

"People were shooting for sure.

"Not quite the reaction we were shooting for".

"Then we were shooting for Dec. 1," he said.

It amplified the retro aesthetic we were shooting for.

"They were shooting for an hour," he said.

"We really got exactly what we were shooting for leading into the playoffs," Ryan said.

Some soldiers were shot for cowardice.

Photographs from Baltimore were shot for The New Yorker.

Photographs from Newark were shot for The Atlantic.

Starving people were shot for stealing a couple of eggs.

Others were shot for espionage, which was just as tricky.