set shot
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of set shot
First recorded in 1930–35
Example Sentences
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The pictures in the first set, shot outside under cloud-streaked skies, tend to be more expansive.
From Washington Post • Feb. 24, 2023
He’s also credited as one of the first players to utilize a jump shot when a set shot ruled the game.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2022
He also is the unofficial leading scorer in Palestra history after converting countless buckets with his set shot during the weekly media lunchtime pickup game he organized and ran for many years.
From Fox News • Nov. 28, 2021
Known for a spot-on, two-handed set shot, Scheuer more than held his own playing pickup ball until he was 85.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 16, 2020
Stepping into the living room, he took a set shot.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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