How to Use sharpshooting in a Sentence

sharpshooting

noun

• The sharpshooting guard hasn’t played in the league since 2009.
  — The Si Staff, SI.com, 7 July 2017
• The sharpshooting duo has had a big hand in the Sixers’ success.
  — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 16 Apr. 2018
• Aisha Sheppard, Virginia Tech's sharpshooting guard, had just eight points in the game and shot just 3-of-6 from the field.
  — Cameron Teague Robinson, The Courier-Journal, 21 Feb. 2022
• Other than that, not much has changed about the sharpshooting guard, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Oct. 2021
• The sharpshooting guard is likely a late second-round pick at best.
  — Jordan McPherson, miamiherald, 24 May 2018
• Oh, except for the sharpshooting paid sniper cullers; they are allowed kill deer that way.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• And not when the best natural scorer among them was back to his sharpshooting ways.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2021
• Byrd-Bennett won't be locked in a cell behind high walls with barbed wire and sharpshooting guards in towers.
  — Patrick O'Donnell, cleveland.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• The Spurs drafted Wieskamp, a sharpshooting forward from Iowa, in the second round last summer.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Mar. 2022
• The 32-year-old sharpshooting guard hopes to rekindle some of the magic of that championship season in his second stint with the Spurs.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 10 July 2018
• Even with Oklahoma City sharpshooting and leading by five with two minutes left, the Rockets had hung around long enough to shoot for the tie.
  — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 25 Dec. 2017
• The Seawolves had three other players record double-digit points thanks to some sharpshooting from the field.
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2022
• New Orleans could look to pair Zion Williamson with a sharpshooting wing such as Moody, who made 37% of his three-pointers and 81% of his free throws in college last season.
  — Marcus Fuller, Star Tribune, 28 July 2021
• The Oregon product said her playing off ball allows the team to have more spacing on offense due to her deep sharpshooting.
  — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 30 June 2024
• Much of that was with Paul sharpshooting and playmaking, hitting a deep 3 and setting up Nene inside.
  — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 6 Mar. 2018
• The Rockets were left to go one-on-one, often into the teeth of the Boston defense, hoping to either find a run of sharpshooting that had seemed to have been left in the first half or get a call.
  — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 28 Dec. 2017
• Werner's pace and movement will test out their skills once more, with his sharpshooting abilities even more of a concern.
  — SI.com, 16 June 2018
• With the Mustangs making a postseason run this month, the sharpshooting, hard-hitting lefty has kept tabs via his parents.
  — Scott Springer, Cincinnati.com, 12 Mar. 2018
• That includes Utah sharpshooting guard Pelle Larsson as well.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 12 May 2021
• When asked why bow hunters would not be used in Highland Heights, Cook said sharpshooting is a quicker method that causes deer less suffering.
  — cleveland, 6 Feb. 2020
• Terry is more known for his sharpshooting and ballhandling skills.
  — Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2020
• The second-year 23-year-old had made a name for himself amongst Bucks’ fans as a sharpshooting wing who turned heads with his fearlessness to pull the trigger anytime anywhere.
  — Brian Sampson, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
• Samford's sharpshooting duo combined to drain 11-of-16 attempts from beyond the arc.
  — Samford Athletics, AL.com, 12 Jan. 2018
• Outlook: Penciled in to start and spread the floor with his sharpshooting, McDermott should fit in well with Popovich’s offensive system.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2021
• Uribe was a sharpshooting role player for last year’s team, which boasted Bassey and the international prospects.
  — Adam Zuvanich, San Antonio Express-News, 10 Feb. 2018
• To provide opportunities for sharpshooting, going out to ranges and things like that — that’s how the NRA started.
  — Kurtis Lee, latimes.com, 8 Mar. 2018
• Johnson expected Young to attack the basket, and the sharpshooting junior from Shaker did just that.
  — Matt Goul, cleveland, 5 Jan. 2021
• More:Kenzie Hare is a sharpshooting guard for the Marquette women's basketball team.
  — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2024
• Allen fits in even better than DiVincenzo did, mostly due to his sharpshooting from the outside.
  — Brian Sampson, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2021
• In the case of active shooter situations, the source said, police used to wait for a larger force with sharpshooting expertise to assemble, but now move in more quickly to save those in danger.
  — Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024

Last Updated: 5 Nov 2024