air shot
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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There was an early penalty claim when Kane hit the ground in the box and then an unusual air shot when just a couple of meters out from goal.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2023
Chilwell should have opened the scoring in the opening two minutes but had an air shot at a loose ball, before Chalobah sent a header wide and James saw a free-kick saved.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2021
First there’s an LBW appeal from an inswinger, which Michael Gough rightly views as a touch too high; then a classic air shot at an outswinger.
From The Guardian • Jul. 26, 2020
They’re spun by compressed air, shot through a hole in the vessel from a bottle connected to a long, ungainly silver tube.
From New York Times • Apr. 10, 2019
So wand in hand he paced into the air, shot from Pieria down, down to sea level, and veered to skim the swell.
From "The Odyssey" by Homer
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