How to Use sharpshooter in a Sentence

sharpshooter

noun

• The sharpshooter scored 10 of his 13 in the first half.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2024
• And the sharpshooter brought her keen eye to the design process.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2023
• And the one sharpshooter that was standing to the right of the gentleman with the gun.
  — Audrey Conklin, Fox News, 23 July 2024
• That the Bucks grabbed the 6-8 sharpshooter soon after the 60-pick draft wasn’t a surprise.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2019
• Photo: jerome miron/Reuters The U.S. is, at its core, a team of sharpshooters.
  — Rachel Bachman, WSJ, 15 Oct. 2018
• The sharpshooter failed to find the bottom of the net going 0-for-7 with zero points and three turnovers.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 10 Dec. 2021
• Murphy came to the team as a sharpshooter, a big who played like a little.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2019
• And Texas posted an 8-2 record when the sharpshooter hit at least three 3s.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 11 Nov. 2020
• The sharpshooter's aim was long, but smacked off the glass and through the hoop to set off a wild celebration.
  — Bob Huhn, ajc, 5 Mar. 2022
• In something of a surprise, Kyman might not be the best sharpshooter on the team.
  — Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2020
• Signed to a two-way contract, the sharpshooter from Iowa will spend much of the season playing for Austin in the G League.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2021
• Some mock drafts have this sharpshooter being off the board.
  — K.c. Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2018
• Scarier is that glimpse of the sharpshooter aimed right at Sarah in the moments before Pope finds the cross hidden in the beams.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• Famed for his lethal midrange jumper, DeRozan has never been known as a 3-point sharpshooter.
  — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 9 Jan. 2022
• The Celtics have no sharpshooter on the roster, no one who can take a high volume of 3s and make 40-plus percent.
  — Sean Deveney, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2021
• Boston traded for the sharpshooter to give it some scoring punch off the bench in the playoffs.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2021
• The Nuggets defense couldn't contain the sharpshooter at all.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
• Klay Thompson, the Warriors’ sharpshooter didn’t play in two of those games.
  — Doyle Rader, Forbes, 16 May 2022
• The Bishop O’Dowd sharpshooter stopped, jumped, and let a three-pointer go.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2024
• And so far, the situation has turned out well for the sharpshooter.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• Too much room leaves a lethal sharpshooter like Ionescu with an easy deep shot.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
• The Golden State Warriors sharpshooter took it down to his last shot, but came away with 28 points to earn the title.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Mar. 2021
• Niang took advantage of some post-ups in the paint and was a sharpshooter from beyond the arc.
  — Matthew Coles, Chron, 9 May 2021
• But the sharpshooter has carved out a significant role with the Heat.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2020
• Hepa and junior sharpshooter Jase Febres sank a pair of threes to open the game, then Sims at-tacked inside for a pair of buckets.
  — Nick Moyle, ExpressNews.com, 8 Jan. 2020
• The club missed sharpshooter Danny Green, who missed the final four games of the Atlanta series with a calf strain.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
• The veteran sharpshooter hit six 3-pointers off the bench en route to 23 points.
  — Christian Clark | Staff Writer, NOLA.com, 23 Dec. 2020
• The sharpshooter was in a groove, making a career-high 44.5% of 3s before a big toe injury kept him out for the last three games.
  — J. Michael, The Indianapolis Star, 5 June 2020
• Crooks was killed by at least one Secret Service sharpshooter, authorities said.
  — NBC News, 15 July 2024
• And furthermore, the team used the third overall pick in this summer’s draft to select Kentucky guard Reed Sheppard, a sharpshooter who had scouts drooling with his advanced statistical profile.
  — Rahat Huq, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024