Example sentences for: shootout

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

  • Typical of this type of drama is the 1976 film The Enforcer , a sequel to Dirty Harry . Eastwood pursues a gang of hippie terrorists who murder assorted innocents and kill his female partner in a shootout.

  • Yesterday morning, says an LAT front-pager, a man was killed in a shootout with police officers after he lead them on a three-hour freeway car chase.

  • The game was scoreless and ended in a penalty shootout.

  • The Guardian wonders why the English team is bad at penalty shots (the match was decided in a penalty shootout).

  • Several male columnists ignore most of the championship game and focus on the game-ending goal by American defender Brandi Chastain--"a shootout, womano a womano," with "one winner, one loser, everybody holding their breath."


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