How to Use aim in a Sentence

aim

1 of 2 verb

• He aimed the stone at the dog but missed.
• She aimed at a point in the eastern sky.
• She aimed the telescope at a point in the eastern sky.
• The throw from the shortstop was poorly aimed.
• Don't aim that pistol at me!
• Try to aim the antenna in the right direction.
• He aimed the gun carefully before shooting.
• He aimed carefully before shooting.
• He aimed his criticism primarily at parents.
• Bend the flexible straw to aim and place the rocket straw over the end.
  — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
• The as-yet unnamed joint venture is aiming to launch in the fall of 2024.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
• The artists have pointed out that their lyrics aren’t aimed at children.
  — Elda Cantú, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• After that, the club aims to keep him in the rotation and begin to stretch him out.
  — Joe Noga, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2023
• Every so often a film aimed at women who are 50+ graces the screens.
  — Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2023
• Slovakia and Ukraine agreed to a grain-trading deal aimed at breaking the impasse.
  — Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 25 Sep. 2023
• The city is aiming to keep the pool open as long as possible this season.
  — Megan Becka, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2023
• The program aims to reduce the stress caregivers feel, Wendel says.
  — Eleanore Catolico, Detroit Free Press, 16 Jan. 2024
• Usually, Brynn aims to eat the same number of grams of protein per day as her weight in pounds.
  — Currie Engel, Women's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
• Elsewhere, the fury seems aimed at the accident of his own birth in backwater Spain.
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
• By immersing art lovers in the ocean, the museum aims to bring more awareness to the climate crisis.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
• The new rule aims to prevent that burden from falling on taxpayers in the future.
  — Matthew Daly, Fortune, 21 July 2023
• The Enquirer's Just Askin' series aims to answer the questions that no one seems to have an answer for, not even Google.
  — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2024
• The negotiations aim to achieve a ceasefire and hostage deal.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
• Cecil Beaton even photographed the Duchess of Windsor in the subtly risqué frock (the shellfish seemed aimed at the woman’s nether regions).
  — The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
• The production aimed to create the grandness and visual scale of a huge blockbuster film, but on a more modest budget.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
• Out There Screaming aims to counter and complicate that lineage.
  — Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024
• Terhune leans liberal but Alpha Male is aimed at the cruelness and hypocrisy across the spectrum.
  — Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2023
• As Israeli troops aim to take control of the Gaza-Egypt border crossing, officials in Cairo warn that the move would undermine the 1979 peace treaty.
  — Claire Parker, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2024
• This belt aims to give you back support, pain relief, and even posture correction.
  — Steven Rowe, Verywell Health, 28 June 2023
• Originally, the three schools had aimed to reach an enrollment of about 1,000 students each.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2023

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aim

2 of 2 noun

• The book has two basic aims.
• He fired at the target but his aim was off and he missed.
• She was unable to achieve her aims.
• I started this business with the aim of making a profit.
• Our ultimate aim is to create something of lasting value.
• The aim of both companies, of course, is to sell stuff.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2023
• One of the aims of the Leatherback Project is to help support local people.
  — Nina Burleigh, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Jan. 2024
• The aim in creating these laws was to set norms for the future.
  — Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• My aims are always the same, which is a good story well told.
  — Erin Douglass, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 July 2023
• The aim is to reach a final agreement within a few days.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 4 Aug. 2023
• Know when to give a little on the details in service of your greater aims.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2023
• The United States says that its aim is not a decoupling of the West from China.
  — Rebecca Choong Wilkins, Bloomberg.com, 5 June 2023
• According to the release, the aim is to have the field ready for play by mid-September.
  — Pioneer Press Staff, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
• The aim of the Hamas attack was not to capture and hold territory.
  — TIME, 16 Oct. 2023
• Another aim for the city could be to make sure calendars and stars are aligned.
  — Michelle Deal-Zimmerman, Baltimore Sun, 22 June 2023
• When Bloom is sure in her aim, as with the dead-pet song, the nicheness of it all pays off incredibly well.
  — Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
• Getting a score of at least 75 every day is the ultimate aim of the Zoe program.
  — Grace Browne, WIRED, 16 Oct. 2023
• Their aim was to cripple large funds that were betting against the companies.
  — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2024
• But in making his pitch to a different crowd, Mr. Ramaswamy was blunt about Roivant’s chief aim.
  — Maureen Farrell, New York Times, 27 June 2023
• One aspect of this is how easy the Fairphone 5 is to repair, with the aim of keeping it usable for longer and, hence, out of landfill.
  — Jon Porter, The Verge, 30 Aug. 2023
• The aim is not to become an expert on everything but to have a basic knowledge of many things.
  — Ebony Flake, Essence, 2 Apr. 2024
• But Pence took his sharpest aim at Trump this week and made clear that Republican voters have a choice in the 2024 election.
  — Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
• The main aim of this strategy is to lower your capital-gains tax bill.
  — E. Napoletano, wsj.com, 8 Sep. 2023
• Daniel Burt From the Ethicist: The aim of such public space is to allow as many people as possible to make the proper use of it.
  — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• The aim will be to expand investments in new technologies.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 23 Aug. 2023
• If Xi achieves his aim, for the first time in more than 150 years the United States would not be the world’s economic and technology leader.
  — Michael A. Brown, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2023
• In this way, the aim is to nurture an understanding of the breadth of world cinema in young audiences.
  — John Bleasdale, Variety, 18 Nov. 2023
• Its aim is to help a community struggling to heal and grappling with the unknowable.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2023
• Schuster’s aim isn’t just to win the cases but also to keep them from reaching the public, though more clients are going on the offensive.
  — Ashley Cullins, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2023
• In the cutthroat world of climbing the career ladder, landing that next title can feel like the ultimate aim.
  — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 7 May 2024