How to use "shoot" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "shoot" in popular movie and book plots

  • When he stoops down to pick up a powder keg, a soldier comes up to shoot Marius.  - Les Misérables
  • However, other IRA members, having overheard Katie, go to her apartment and shoot Gypo much to Katie's horror who hears the shots.  - The Informer (1935 film)
  • Thwarted, Butch threatens to shoot the guards one by one unless they are allowed to escape.  - The Big House (1930 film)
  • A moment later, the Libyans arrive and shoot him, apparently killing him.  - Back to the Future
  • She races to Don's apartment and catches him just before he is about to shoot himself in the bathroom.  - The Lost Weekend (film)
  • Pursuing them to the castle's helipad, Miller arrives just as Rachel manages to break free, leading Dog to shoot her.  - Time Crisis (video game)
  • Griffin uses Kemp's gun to shoot and injure a local policeman who comes to Kemp's aid, then breaks into Kemp's house.  - The Invisible Man
  • As Tuco prepares to shoot him, he sees a runaway carriage.  - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  • Chris manages to shoot Calvera, who asks him, "You came back.  - The Magnificent Seven
  • McKay and Julie are about to leave when Buck grabs a gun, forcing Hannassey to shoot his son dead.  - The Big Country
  • Harry grabs Ben's rifle and threatens to shoot him.  - Night of the Living Dead
  • Just as Block prepares to shoot Maskew the excisemen attack.  - Moonfleet
  • Starbuck sees the lightning as a warning, and feels tempted to shoot the sleeping Ahab with a musket.  - Moby-Dick
  • Joker discovers the sniper, a teenage girl, and attempts to shoot her, but his rifle jams and alerts her to his presence.  - Full Metal Jacket
  • Ash then attempts to shoot the severed hand hiding in the wall of the cabin.  - Evil Dead II
  • We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to shoot it to pieces".  - All Quiet on the Western Front

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