How to Use shoot down in a Sentence

shoot down

verb

• Ross covers the team from the air in his plane but is shot down.
  — Richard Newby, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2023
• And indeed, almost all of the 18 bombers the 7th Brigade has lost were shot down.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• Air defenses shot down two out of six of the drones, the statement said.
  — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2023
• Hers was a bombardier who was shot down twice and earned a purple heart.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2023
• Some right-wing Trump allies quickly shot down the idea.
  — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
• Over the weekend, Britain and the United States said their militaries had shot down more than a dozen drones in the area.
  — Michael Levenson, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• However, Bush was led to believe Lenz turned the shoot down.
  — Glamour, 4 Mar. 2024
• However, Bush was led to believe Lenz turned the shoot down.
  — Glamour, 16 Oct. 2024
• The United States has been shooting down Houthi missiles and drones, but that has not stopped the attacks.
  — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
• The Ukrainian statement did not say whether any of the missiles had been shot down by air defences.
  — Fox News, 7 May 2024
• In Ukraine, the country’s air force said air defenses had shot down 24 of 28 drones launched overnight against Ukraine.
  — Samya Kullab and Elise Morton, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2024
• Thanks to all who continue to shoot down that all-caps balloon!
  — WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
• The official stressed that the balloon was not shot down by the U.S. military.
  — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024
• Just over the weekend, the U.S. destroyer Carney shot down 14 drones.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 19 Dec. 2023
• The team that would shoot down the highest value case would be safe from that night's elimination.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024
• But the next day, Devin LeMahieu, the majority leader in the Senate, shot down the idea of impeachment.
  — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2023
• Some species hang around through the night, while others shoot down the canyon and across the eastern flats onto New Mexico fields to gorge on farm pests.
  — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 20 May 2024
• Fact check: An Israeli jet shooting down a Hezbollah drone?
  — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024
• Ukraine’s air defense system cannot shoot down the anti-aircraft missiles, the air force said.
  — Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2023
• One of those attempts, in 1975, was shot down by a lawsuit brought by a group of homeowners with property along the the river.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
• During the incident, a U.S. warship shot down a drone launched from Yemen, the officials said.
  — Martha Raddatz, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2023
• Once or twice, Todd’s own name had been dropped as a potential Satoshi, but the idea had been peremptorily shot down.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024
• The Arab kingdom of Jordan was shooting down Iran’s missiles side by side with Israel.
  — Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 15 Apr. 2024
• Western nations have promised systems that can shoot down drones but much of that weaponry has yet to arrive and could be months away.
  — Sabra Ayres, Hanna Arhirova and Inna Varenytsia, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022
• Boston can be a town that is quick to shoot down novel ideas from hosting the 2024 Olympics to aerial gondolas in the Seaport.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
• Upgraded many times over the years, the Moskva should have had defenses to shoot down the Ukrainian missiles.
  — Arkansas Online, 16 Apr. 2022
• While most drones are shot down, some get through and cause significant damage.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
• There’s a chance that your creativity or your ideas are getting shot down by someone in your life.
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 26 July 2024
• When Gauff won, with a backhand passing shot down the line, Arthur Ashe Stadium erupted.
  — Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
• In 1943, an American bomber headed for Sicily was shot down over the Mediterranean.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024