How to Use archer in a Sentence

archer

noun
  • Hou Yi, a highly skilled archer, was called up by the Imperial Court to shoot down nine of the ten scorchingly hot suns circling Earth.
    Michelle Tchea, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Sagittarius is a fire sign, and claims the symbol of the archer.
    Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 28 July 2022
  • Connect the dots, and there’s Wario as an archer, a snake or a lion.
    Todd Martens Game Critic, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2021
  • This will become the belly of the bow, which is the side that faces the archer (not the side of the bow facing the target).
    Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2020
  • Many cheered the news that an arrow shot by one of their archers had hit a policeman in the leg.
    The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
  • The wood of this 50-foot tall tree is prized by archers for arrows — one of its common names is bow wood.
    Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Their match marked the first time two such archers faced each other at the Paralympics.
    David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
  • His Olympic career spans five games and five medals, the most of any American archer.
    Rafael Carranza, The Arizona Republic, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The Slow Time ability can make a so-so archer feel like Legolas.
    Eric Ravenscraft, WIRED, 3 Sep. 2023
  • No story of a heroic local archer; no part of the mountain shaped like a bow.
    Jessica Francis Kane, Harper's Magazine, 20 Nov. 2023
  • In this game, armies of stick men clash, aided only by a single archer — that’s you.
    Loresjoberg, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2007
  • Among the things that the Greeks most feared were the Persian archers, famous for their skill and accuracy.
    National Geographic, 6 Feb. 2020
  • The elastic cell walls have the tension of an archer’s bow, bent out of shape but held in place by an external force.
    Helen Czerski, WSJ, 25 June 2021
  • While the tournaments helped him become a good archer, the Ozarks taught him to become a woodsman.
    Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Sagittarius is a fire sign and is symbolized by the archer.
    Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2023
  • It is thought that the yew was used to create longbows for his royal archers in the lead-up to the Battle of Bannockburn.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 7 June 2023
  • The video shows an archer shooting a deer in a forested area next to Tapert's house, followed by the deer running away down the street.
    Brittny Mejia, latimes.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Amisha is also the first Boone County archer in school history to score 280 or above.
    Melanie Laughman, Cincinnati.com, 6 Mar. 2020
  • With the core leadership gone, Bullitt Central looks to star archer Adam Dustin to lead the effort.
    J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2022
  • There’s a reason target archers prefer a grip of that style, and bowhunters reap the same benefits.
    Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 21 June 2023
  • But, of course, every kid is an archer, a spy, a merperson, in her own padlocked brain.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The ex-Marine likes to shoot guns (federal agents found 24 in his house); the mosque leader, an archer, bows and arrows.
    Nina Shapiro, The Seattle Times, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Sara Scalia is an archer from 3-point range, averaging a 44.6% mark from beyond the arc.
    Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The planet of love says in the sign of the archer until January 7 — and that's seriously good news for us all.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 15 Dec. 2020
  • The archer keeps a canonical story-style log of our campaign, which at this point is hundreds of pages long.
    L.j. Kilgore, Ars Technica, 28 June 2020
  • Sagittarius The archer is another fire sign that Leo pairs well with.
    Katie Mannion, Peoplemag, 21 July 2024
  • In it, a nude woman archer, bathed in golden light, lies on a balcony aiming at a tortoise.
    Victoria Dalkey, sacbee, 6 July 2018
  • The non-resident cost for an archer or crossbow license is $165.
    Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Really, that makes the mantis shrimp more like a patient archer than a boxer.
    Matt Simon, WIRED, 14 June 2018
  • For years, Stutzman was the sole armless archer competing in the Paralympic Games.
    Chad De Guzman, TIME, 2 Sep. 2024

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