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 | [e-mail], 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

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024