How to Use sharpshooter in a Sentence

sharpshooter

noun

• The sharpshooter scored 10 of his 13 in the first half.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Jan. 2024
• And the sharpshooter brought her keen eye to the design process.
  — Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2023
• The sharpshooter failed to find the bottom of the net going 0-for-7 with zero points and three turnovers.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 10 Dec. 2021
• The sharpshooter's aim was long, but smacked off the glass and through the hoop to set off a wild celebration.
  — Bob Huhn, ajc, 5 Mar. 2022
• Signed to a two-way contract, the sharpshooter from Iowa will spend much of the season playing for Austin in the G League.
  — Tom Orsborn, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2021
• Scarier is that glimpse of the sharpshooter aimed right at Sarah in the moments before Pope finds the cross hidden in the beams.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• Famed for his lethal midrange jumper, DeRozan has never been known as a 3-point sharpshooter.
  — Julia Poe, chicagotribune.com, 9 Jan. 2022
• Boston traded for the sharpshooter to give it some scoring punch off the bench in the playoffs.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2021
• The Nuggets defense couldn't contain the sharpshooter at all.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 6 May 2023
• Klay Thompson, the Warriors’ sharpshooter didn’t play in two of those games.
  — Doyle Rader, Forbes, 16 May 2022
• The Bishop O’Dowd sharpshooter stopped, jumped, and let a three-pointer go.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 3 Jan. 2024
• And so far, the situation has turned out well for the sharpshooter.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2022
• Niang took advantage of some post-ups in the paint and was a sharpshooter from beyond the arc.
  — Matthew Coles, Chron, 9 May 2021
• The club missed sharpshooter Danny Green, who missed the final four games of the Atlanta series with a calf strain.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 June 2021
• That would mean chemistry between him and Towns and among those two and the rest of the team, even without sharpshooter Malik Beasley.
  — Chris Hine, Star Tribune, 10 Apr. 2021
• But then there is the sharpshooter, Barron Silsby, who can make big 3s.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2023
• Hare has been the Golden Eagles' sharpshooter off the bench and sank a 45 three-pointers to lead all Big East freshmen.
  — Ben Steele, Journal Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2023
• The government has tried that, too, having hired a big-game sharpshooter in 2009.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 6 May 2023
• Walton said of the freshman sharpshooter who leads the country in scoring at 26.8 points per game.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
• Dawson joined the Army at age 17, serving as a marksman and sharpshooter.
  — Sophia Scorziello, Variety, 23 Mar. 2023
• Bhamla likened the sharpshooter's use of its anal stylus to a diver jumping from a high-dive board.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 28 Feb. 2023
• The sharpshooter missed his first six 3-point attempts, but went 3-for-4 from 3 in the final period to help the Warriors close a nine-point deficit.
  — Detroit Free Press, 6 Jan. 2023
• This season, Perry ranked fifth in 3-pointers (111) but John Hardin made sure the sharpshooter couldn't get a peak — let alone a look — at the basket.
  — J.l. Kirven, The Courier-Journal, 18 Mar. 2022
• During Sunday’s win, the 25-year-old sharpshooter buried a trio of 3-pointers.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 9 Nov. 2021
• The 33-year-old sharpshooter also ties for second, with Kevin Durant, with his off-the-court earnings.
  — Brett Knight, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021
• The second-year sharpshooter from Iowa, who turned 23 on Tuesday, has agreed to a two-year, $4.4-million contract to join the Spurs in training camp.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Aug. 2022
• The locals all passed and the sharpshooter went to the University of North Carolina-Asheville.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 10 Jan. 2022
• The 36-year-old sharpshooter’s return to game action could come soon after.
  — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 10 Apr. 2021
• Heat sharpshooter Duncan Robinson, who had a quiet series against the Bucks last season, was a bright spot for the Heat.
  — Ben Steele, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 May 2021
• The career-high points scored by freshman sharpshooter Jordan Hawkins in a game this season.
  — Shreyas Laddha, courant.com, 24 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024