Example Sentences

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He scored twice at Newcastle, both close-range headers, the second of which involved hurling himself through the chest of a Newcastle defender like an action-movie stuntman being machine-gunned through a plate glass window.

From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2020

The orchestra does not stint on traditional fare: amid the splattering melons and machine-gunned music paper, it offered potent performances of Mahler’s Fifth and Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet.”

From The New Yorker • Dec. 6, 2018

Serena, in her final match, machine-gunned her onetime rival Sharapova off the court so brusquely and efficiently, it looked as if she had an urgent appointment somewhere that she couldn’t miss.

From New York Times • Aug. 23, 2012

A decade ago, two of the most distinctive voices in TV belonged to writer-producers whose characters machine-gunned crisp dialogue at a blinding words-per-minute rate.

From Time • Jun. 11, 2012

The Germans had not sniped or machine-gunned the stretcher-bearers, but had sent their own men out on the same mission too.

From From Bapaume to Passchendaele, 1917 by Gibbs, Philip