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Example sentences for: aiming

How can you use “aiming” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Aiming at what kinds of characteristics?
Hitchens' spins: 1) I was aiming at Clinton.
Clarke suggested starting with modest aid, just enough to keep the Northern Alliance in the fight and tie down al Qaeda terrorists, without aiming to overthrow the Taliban.
Cynics groaned that Hitchens was aiming at Clinton but has clumsily shot Blumenthal instead.
The Times notes that tourist treks aiming to see mountain gorillas became popular after the movie "Gorillas in the Mist," about researcher Dian Fossey, but oddly does not mention that Fossey was also murdered in the jungle.