potshot
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Synonyms for potshot
Synonyms: Verb
abuse, assail, attack, bash, belabor, blast, castigate, excoriate, jump (on), lambaste (or lambast), savage, scathe, slam, trash, vituperate
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Examples of potshot in a Sentence
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A sniper was on the roof taking potshots at passing cars.Verb
ended the show with an extended rant in which he potshot an array of personages on the rightRecent Examples on the Web: Noun
Warren has been steadily gaining on Sanders in polls over the last several months, but the rivals — who describe themselves as friends — have not taken potshots at each other. — Los Angeles Times, "A tale of two rallies: Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have similar ideas but competing paths to 2020 victory," 19 Aug. 2019 Kenner travels constantly and obviously relishes giving talks, contributing to widely different magazines such as Art & Antiques and Byte, speaking to NPR, and taking potshots at his archenemy, Joyce biographer Richard Ellmann. — Michael Dirda, National Review, "The Exhilarating Letters of Guy Davenport and Hugh Kenner," 25 July 2019 Mulvaney began his tenure with an open display of cocksure philistinism, taking potshots at Warren at a conference of appreciative credit union executives. — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, "Column: Why is Trump’s consumer protection agency helping to promote H&R Block’s credit card?," 18 July 2019 The tone throughout is fun to read, especially when the book takes potshots at gentrification, prison food and Sammy Sosa. — SFChronicle.com, "Our favorite cookbooks of 2019, so far," 21 June 2019 Tension between the two was rumored to be part of why Fukunaga didn’t return for True Detective’s second season — which, under Pizzolatto’s sole vision, featured an abrasive film director character that many observers took to be a potshot. — Karen Han, Vox, "True Detective season 3 premieres January 13. Here’s everything we know so far.," 12 Oct. 2018 Daniels enjoys taking potshots at people who insult her on Twitter — and, of course, at the president. — Anna North, Vox, "In Stormy Daniels, Trump may have met his match," 18 Oct. 2018 Heindorff, on the other hand, took no such potshots thus far. — Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, "Cody Wilson was Defense Distributed—so who is the organization’s new leader?," 6 Oct. 2018 James wasn’t shy with his irritation when LaVar Ball took potshots at him last season. — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, "LaVar Ball's latest bluster shows Los Angeles Lakers need to trade Lonzo Ball," 5 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'potshot.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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