How to Use money shot in a Sentence

money shot

noun

• Cut to the money shot of Kaluuya on horseback being chased by the saucer.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 June 2022
• The build-up is fantastic but for the impatient among you, the money shot happens at 1:09.
  — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2010
• Tabloid fortune-seeking paparazzi are roving the grounds hoping to get their money shot.
  — Robert Daniels, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2021
• The money shot, the prime quote, comes after McCain discusses the mistakes made in getting into the war and the lack of a strategy for victory.
  — Ej Montini, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2017
• The Hilton promises two horses and a jockey available for photos from 3 to 6 p.m. on Derby day; free appetizers and, here's the money shot, Millie at the Hilton dressed in costume.
  — Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2018
• This is when storm lovers such as Mottice hit the road, spending arduous hours taking long-exposure photos hoping for the money shot.
  — Kathryn Prociv, Washington Post, 29 June 2018
• And there’s the money shot again: The Millennium Falcon up against a giant imperial star destroyer coming out of a space cloud.
  — Richard Tribou, OrlandoSentinel.com, 9 Apr. 2018
• Making the failure of Justice League all the more damning was its role as the would-be apotheosis of DC's cinematic universe, the triumphant pinnacle in which beloved heroes would unite for an all-timer money shot.
  — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2019
• Candy’s initiation into the world of porn, for example, is a money shot that involves cold Campbell’s potato soup and a Macgyvered pumping device.
  — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2017
• The duo rope in an eager electronics store employee (Brandon Perea) and a curmudgeonly cinematographer (Michael Wincott) to help them get the money shot.
  — cleveland, 20 July 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024