How to Use cheap shot in a Sentence

cheap shot

noun
  • The remark about his weight was a cheap shot.
  • He took a cheap shot at the quarterback.
  • Deep thoughts, cheap shots & bon mots from the bunker. .
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 28 Mar. 2020
  • And that’s just a cheap shot and a low blow all wrapped up in one.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • Nothing lingers longer than a cheap shot from the mouth.
    Joseph Goodman | Jgoodman@al.com, al, 15 Oct. 2019
  • And yes, frankly, to state in a way that wasn’t trying to take a cheap shot ...
    Chronicle Staff, SFChronicle.com, 18 Sep. 2020
  • But then Jason gets in a de rigueur cheap shot at the club.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 9 July 2020
  • Thoughts and prayers to @tae15adams after this cheap shot.
    Khadrice Rollins, SI.com, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Which brings me to McCaskey’s cheap shot at Olin Kreutz.
    Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2022
  • The two went back and forth before Waller hit Cena with a cheap shot.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 1 July 2023
  • There were many vicious hits on each side, but none of them were cheap shots.
    Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 20 Oct. 2019
  • More on Senate Bill 206 Deep thoughts, cheap shots & bon mots ...
    Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Spence, though, has said the Pittsburgh linemen took cheap shots during the game.
    Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Year Beef Cut to about a year later, when Paul took both a cheap shot and a moonshot in just a few tweets.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The objectors are Royko’s neighbors, records show, and Moreno called the effort a cheap shot.
    Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
  • As 2015 rolled around, Trump was learning to get fiery online and had already mastered the art of the cheap shot.
    Martin Rogers, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2018
  • That’s a cheap shot by Finebaum, given Browns fans had a close-up look at the Manziel calamity in Cleveland.
    Terry Pluto, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Deep thoughts, cheap shots & bon mots ... Joe Lacob and Bob Myers blew it.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Feb. 2018
  • Dan Patrick’s cheap shot Getting to this point was a miracle.
    Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The Women’s World Cup has been an admirably clean affair, so far, with few if any cheap shots.
    Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • That was a cheap shot, going for my weakest feature, my kneecaps.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Criticizing you for the way Wyatt has been raised is a cheap shot.
    Abigail Van Buren, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Bostic was ejected for his cheap shot on Dalton, and the NFL should have suspended him for at least a game.
    Dallas News, 26 Oct. 2020
  • That's what he should be questioned about, not these other questions which are just cheap shots in the bushes.
    Fox News, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Though the film starts out by taking lots of cheap shots at right-wing talkers, Lionel isn’t a complete jerk.
    Kyle Smith, National Review, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Howard has to improve technically and center Ryan Jensen needs to stop the cheap shots.
    Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 23 Dec. 2017
  • Heather Swift, a spokeswoman for Zinke, accused Kaine and other Democrats of taking cheap shots at her boss.
    Matthew Daly, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2018
  • Plus, Michelle Obama took a cheap shot at President Trump last night.
    Fox News, 6 Apr. 2018
  • But Koy quickly squandered that win, alienating the pop star with a cheap shot about her presence at NFL games.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Unfortunately, not all of Flynt’s fellow players appreciate his presence, including one who injures him with a cheap shot that results in a serious neck injury.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2023

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