How to Use slingshot in a Sentence

slingshot

noun

• The meek David slayed the mighty Goliath with a slingshot.
  — Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2019
• Short of that, the little slingshot is just a lot of fun.
  — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 3 Feb. 2017
• The fan had a little slingshot in his form but banked it in.
  — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Nov. 2022
• Something’s gotta slingshot the night into the next phase.
  — Allison P. Davis, The Cut, 3 July 2018
• The SkyCoaster -- one of those arched, slingshot swings -- claims to be the world’s largest such rides.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 30 Dec. 2019
• All of a sudden, David had a bazooka instead of a slingshot.
  — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 26 June 2023
• Downstairs, the security forces used a slingshot and the butt of a gun to break through the doors.
  — Victoria Milko and Kristen Gelineau, USA TODAY, 8 May 2021
• The sport and sport + dial allows for three modes, and once revs hit about 3,000 rpm the car slingshots ahead.
  — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 30 May 2018
• The brother then grabbed another rock, placed it in his slingshot and struck the man again, this time in the chest.
  — Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 15 May 2023
• The two slingshot teams are slow to react and the intruders breeze past Zone 1.
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 28 June 2024
• But just as that selloff was overblown, some fear the price slingshot might be getting out of hand.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 26 Feb. 2021
• Each turn was like being in a Hot Wheels car just released from a slingshot on a toy track.
  — Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY, 27 May 2017
• That lasted until 2004, when a high school boy with a slingshot shattered some of the panes.
  — Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2019
• To create the giant slingshot, the team strung a cord across the lake and hooked participants to it.
  — The Editors, Outside Online, 18 June 2015
• Meanwhile, Lucas gets brave and holds a slingshot like a weapon.
  — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Mar. 2019
• But part of his rehab has been getting his mind and spirit back to the place that fired those slingshots.
  — Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Jan. 2024
• Groups mostly of young men advanced to the border and hurled rocks with slingshots from behind the clouds of smoke.
  — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2018
• But even in a solitary hideout, the mind still launched thoughts at itself like a slingshot.
  — Jamie Kreiner, Time, 5 Jan. 2023
• The hole did not appear to be large enough for a firearm, but instead for a pellet from a slingshot or a BB gun.
  — Sun-Sentinel.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• Goliaths down to size would take more than one slingshot — and likely, many years.
  — Washington Post, 29 June 2021
• Ball bearings and a slingshot were recovered in a search of the man’s home, police said.
  — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 26 May 2024
• Thomas -- and the Celtics -- will need much more than a slingshot to take down the Eastern Conference Goliath.
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 17 May 2017
• The weed in those days arrived on speedboats, through tunnels and even by slingshot.
  — Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2021
• Arrows flew here, there through the air; blood gushed and flowed; Darts, stones, and javelins were hurled by ballistae and slingshots.
  — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2019
• But this is the NFL, and the guns of August have been known to turn into slingshots once the real fighting begins.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Aug. 2019
• Club members used a slingshot to get a line up in one tree, then found another tree to anchor the end of it.
  — Denise Coffey, courant.com, 8 July 2019
• This slingshot supports a range of shooting styles, too.
  — Jim Cobb, Field & Stream, 13 Sep. 2023
• That way the Orion can use the moon’s gravity as a slingshot to send it on course for its four-day return trip.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Dec. 2023
• What Goliath looks like when the stone rifled via David’s slingshot deals critical damage.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2024
• Paintball guns and slingshots are legally considered weapons and are not allowed in national parks.
  — Sandra McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024