How to Use shoot down in a Sentence

shoot down

verb

• Ross covers the team from the air in his plane but is shot down.
  — Richard Newby, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2023
• And indeed, almost all of the 18 bombers the 7th Brigade has lost were shot down.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• Air defenses shot down two out of six of the drones, the statement said.
  — Leila Sackur, NBC News, 23 Sep. 2023
• Hers was a bombardier who was shot down twice and earned a purple heart.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2023
• Over the weekend, Britain and the United States said their militaries had shot down more than a dozen drones in the area.
  — Michael Levenson, New York Times, 18 Dec. 2023
• However, Bush was led to believe Lenz turned the shoot down.
  — Glamour, 4 Mar. 2024
• The United States has been shooting down Houthi missiles and drones, but that has not stopped the attacks.
  — Bryan Pietsch, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
• Thanks to all who continue to shoot down that all-caps balloon!
  — WSJ, 10 Mar. 2023
• The official stressed that the balloon was not shot down by the U.S. military.
  — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 1 Mar. 2024
• Just over the weekend, the U.S. destroyer Carney shot down 14 drones.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 19 Dec. 2023
• The team that would shoot down the highest value case would be safe from that night's elimination.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024
• But the next day, Devin LeMahieu, the majority leader in the Senate, shot down the idea of impeachment.
  — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2023
• Ukraine’s air defense system cannot shoot down the anti-aircraft missiles, the air force said.
  — Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2023
• One of those attempts, in 1975, was shot down by a lawsuit brought by a group of homeowners with property along the the river.
  — Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024
• During the incident, a U.S. warship shot down a drone launched from Yemen, the officials said.
  — Martha Raddatz, ABC News, 13 Dec. 2023
• Western nations have promised systems that can shoot down drones but much of that weaponry has yet to arrive and could be months away.
  — Sabra Ayres, Hanna Arhirova and Inna Varenytsia, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Oct. 2022
• Boston can be a town that is quick to shoot down novel ideas from hosting the 2024 Olympics to aerial gondolas in the Seaport.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
• When Gauff won, with a backhand passing shot down the line, Arthur Ashe Stadium erupted.
  — Abby Aguirre, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
• In 1943, an American bomber headed for Sicily was shot down over the Mediterranean.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
• The ministry said air defense systems shot down 10 drones and jammed another three.
  — Hanna Arhirova and Emma Burrows, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• Rising shot down any potential of him playing Week 1 less than 100%.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 July 2023
• And Australia’s military claims the pricey aircraft is ready to shoot down errant spy balloons.
  — Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 15 Feb. 2023
• On Sunday, Ukraine’s air force said on Telegram that the country’s air defenses shot down 30 cruise missiles and 27 drones overnight.
  — Matthew Mpoke Bigg, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2023
• Judge Wetherell also shot down the state’s argument that its decisions to ban books are immune from the 1st Amendment.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2024
• The North Korean Defense Ministry also said such flights could be shot down.
  — Stella Kim, NBC News, 12 July 2023
• American and coalition forces in the region shot down 15 one-way attack drones, Centcom said.
  — Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
• In 1995, two fellow Americans were killed when they were shot down over Belarus by the military.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
• The cause of the crash remains unknown, though Ukrainian officials have not denied shooting down the aircraft.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• F-16s carry air-to-air missiles that can shoot down other missiles and drones that have done so much damage to Ukraine's electrical grid.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 1 Feb. 2023
• Newsom shot down the idea of California enacting a wealth tax to address the shortfall.
  — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 28 May 2024