How to Use follow shot in a Sentence

follow shot

noun
  • His follow shot was wild but Arms caught it and was fouled.
    Jay Posner, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Mar. 2022
  • Rhode Island’s buzzer-beater follow shot for the win rolled off the rim.
    Dan Gelston, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • Guzan punched away a flying header from Dike in the 11th minute and leapt back to his feet to block the follow shot from Robinho.
    Julia Poe, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Ryan Berger drove the lane for a fast break layup and Cirillo made a follow shot.
    Mike Peticca, cleveland.com, 25 Feb. 2018
  • But Russell hustled back and forced him to miss the layup and follow shot, and the Nets then scored five straight points to push it back into double digits.
    Brian Mahoney, The Seattle Times, 21 Jan. 2019
  • Dove right to stop Iniesta’s shot from the top of the area, pushing it right, then scrambled up to paw away Aspas’s follow shot with his left hand.
    Andrew Das, New York Times, 3 July 2018
  • Drummond's biggest basket of the night came with about four minutes to play when he was fouled on a follow shot after Ish Smith missed a jumper.
    USA TODAY, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Embiid clinched it with a follow shot while being fouled.
    Brian Mahoney, courant.com, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Stanford responded with an 11-0 stretch that began with Brink follow shot off her miss.
    Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Apr. 2021
  • Durant missed a series of jumpers afterward, and his only basket OT was a follow shot.
    Brian Mahoney, courant.com, 9 Jan. 2022
  • The Aldine keeper let up a rebound, then blocked Bonilla's following shot.
    Justin Maskulinski, Houston Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Regulation ended with a follow shot by Bishop Montgomery rolling around the rim and falling out as the buzzer sounded.
    Eric Sondheimer, latimes.com, 14 Mar. 2018
  • His follow shot with 21 seconds left completed New Orleans' comeback from down 10 in the fourth quarter to force overtime.
    Brian Hall, Star Tribune, 1 May 2021
  • Video shows Jason Aldean running off stage following shots.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2017
  • With the Knicks leading 58-51, Robinson dunked home an offensive rebound and then scored on another follow shot.
    Brian Mahoney, ajc, 13 Jan. 2022
  • Oklahoma City didn't make its first basket of the second half until Hamidou Diallo delivered a follow shot with 4:31 left in the third.
    Steve Megargee, Star Tribune, 19 Feb. 2021
  • In a following shot, Fergie flashes the visible bite mark, located just below her right shoulder, to the camera.
    Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Bruce Brown scored on a follow shot to open overtime but neither team scored again until Antetokounmpo’s basket with 1:12 to play.
    Brian Mahoney, Chron, 20 June 2021
  • Bruce Brown scored on a follow shot to open overtime, but neither team scored again until Antetokounmpo’s basket with 1:12 to play.
    Brian Mahoney, chicagotribune.com, 20 June 2021
  • All-America forward Aliyah Boston grabbed the rebound, but her short follow shot also was off the mark — and Stanford earned its fifth appearance in a national title game.
    Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The shooting victims were located following Shot Spotter and follow-up reports of a shooting.
    Pat Brennan, Cincinnati.com, 15 Mar. 2020
  • Cuban’s internet outburst came after the Hawks’ John Collins converted on a follow shot, which the officials credited after overturning a goaltending call.
    Tom Orsborn, ExpressNews.com, 23 Feb. 2020

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