How to Use point-blank in a Sentence

point-blank

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• While one man stood guard, the killer shot Mizell in the back of the head at point-blank range.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2024
• Her second shot was a short, point-blank floater in the lane.
  — Sean Gregory / Uncasville, TIME, 15 May 2024
• Two Belmont friends were killed by point-blank shots to the head.
  — Keith Sharon, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
• He was shot in the head at point-blank range by a Palestinian in Tel Aviv on March 9.
  — Laurie Kellman, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2023
• Nathan Flowers scored from point-blank range with 53.6 seconds on the first-half clock.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
• Boateng had a chance to break the deadlock just before the half, but had two point-blank attempts blocked.
  — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2023
• One of them—Edward—asked me, point-blank, what was going on with her.
  — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2024
• Bjorkstrand then nearly had his hat trick again with a point-blank chance from the slot that again rang off the post.
  — Geoff Baker, Anchorage Daily News, 1 May 2023
• McDavid, Edmonton’s top star, had a point-blank shot in the first minute.
  — Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 14 June 2024
• Doncic had 34 points and nine rebounds before the point-blank shot that could have tied it.
  — Schuyler Dixon, ajc, 5 Mar. 2023
• The images of children shot at point-blank range in Bucha, a small town outside Kyiv still haunt him.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Mar. 2023
• Williamson had chances to put the Pelicans on his back, but missed a couple point-blank tries and three free throws.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 30 Oct. 2024
• McWhorter shot Ward three times at point-blank range in the chest, according to the lawsuit.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
• The deputy shot the stun gun twice at Cure and hit him with a baton before shooting him with a gun at point-blank range.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2023
• The deputy shot the stun gun twice at Cure and hit him with a baton before shooting him with a gun at point-blank range.
  — Char Adams, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2024
• In one, a terrorist is standing on an Israeli man's chest and shoots him point-blank in the face.
  — Matt Gutman, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2023
• Lunsford drew his handgun and allegedly shot Eze once on the back left side of his head at point-blank range.
  — CBS News, 4 Oct. 2023
• Two - one holding a handgun, the other a rifle - crouched down next to Khazem’s body and shot him in the head at point-blank range.
  — Imogen Piper, Meg Kelly and Louisa Loveluck, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2023
• Two — one holding a handgun, the other a rifle — crouched down next to Khazem’s body and shot him in the head at point-blank range.
  — Louisa Loveluck, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
• While Cobb distracted the officer, McClary shot him five times in the head at point-blank range.
  — Christina Coulter, Fox News, 28 July 2023
• Video showed Mingo and Jungwirth return to the bedroom and then Mingo shoot her in the head at point-blank range.
  — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 29 Jan. 2024
• His car was ambushed, and he was fatally shot at point-blank range.
  — David E. Sanger, New York Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Kids soaked up the moments in point-blank technicolor with wide eyes and slack jaws.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Apr. 2023
• The highlight for Gallese came in the 57th minute with a full-extension save on a point-blank header from Samir Caetano.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2023
• Gil opened the scoring from point-blank range 21 seconds in, following a turnover.
  — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
• When one of his men fires a flare at the ground at point-blank range, Dementus is enveloped in red smoke, which dyes his cloak red.
  — James Grebey, Vulture, 25 May 2024
• Given the fact Grove is in point-blank range of the explosion that leveled half of the street, he almost surely was killed.
  — Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 25 Apr. 2023
• McCall said the men tried to escape, but Irvin, who survived the shooting, said McCall forced them from the car and shot them point-blank.
  — Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 31 July 2024
• De La Salle missed a point-blank shot at the rim with around 35 seconds remaining to give Modesto the possession.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 29 Feb. 2024
• Blanco recaptured the lead for Portland in the 80th minute, finishing off a point-blank strike at the end of a broken play.
  — oregonlive, 16 July 2023

Last Updated: 12 Jan 2025