How to Use one-shot in a Sentence

one-shot

adjective
  • Crossroads turned out to be a one-shot fluke for her movie career.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
  • All that got him was a one-shot lead in a season finale very much up for grabs.
    — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Getting close for a one-shot kill has always been the challenge.
    — Brad Fenson, Outdoor Life, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The four other four one-shots will be released one-by-one on a monthly basis.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 13 June 2024
  • Justin Rose, who had a one-shot lead at the start of the day, shot 75 and was seven shots back.
    — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Gagné explained that a custom cable was built for the one-shot movement.
    — Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 28 Feb. 2025
  • As most people know, most movie scenes are not one-shot wonders and require several takes.
    — Raven Brunner, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Justin Rose was catching fire and took a one-shot lead for a moment.
    — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Getting two mouflon proved no more difficult than knocking over the aoudad; both were one-shot kills.
    — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026
  • Years later, some would claim that the magazine was a lark, that it was intended to be a one-shot deal.
    — Sean Howe, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2023
  • Conversions would produce plenty of one-shot income, but not the long-term cash stream brought by high rents.
    — Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 3 May 2024
  • The band has regularly been approached about one-shot reunions, right?
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
  • After that, Cobbs had one-shot roles on the most notable TV dramas of their time.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 3 July 2024
  • The company also frames the device as cumulative rather than a one-shot fix.
    — Samantha Agate, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2026
  • Two putts later and a second jacket was his, a one-shot victory over Sheffler.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The plan to monetize unpaid bills is also a one-shot solution, experts warned.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Unfortunately, Camp David was proposed as a one-shot deal, make it or break it.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Berger himself birdied the easiest hole on a difficult course to hold a one-shot advantage.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Holding onto the one-shot lead over both chasers, Lee steadied himself after that shaky 16th tee shot.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2025
  • This is one of the cleanest one-shots in Visions' entire three-season run so far, and it's told with lots of composure.
    — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Then Green Mountain drew a one-shot foul at the other end, and Ben Shungu made the free throw.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 22 July 2025
  • Some numbers, like the one-shot sequence in Episode 2, are grounded in reality.
    — Jamie Lang, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
  • While that could be viewed as a one-shot waiver to resolve the A’s stadium odyssey, a precedent has nonetheless been set.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • McIlroy had already birdied 16 and taken a one-shot advantage.
    — David Faris, Newsweek, 18 Mar. 2025
  • That Sunday in Cromwell, Fleetwood held a one-shot lead heading into the final hole.
    — Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Aug. 2025
  • The top two are PvP-specific, resulting in lots of one-shot, unavoidable deaths.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Ludvig grinding without his best Åberg entered Saturday with a one-shot lead.
    — Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Scribes Kevin Eastman and Tom Waltz tease the new one-shot, as well as a formal Part 3.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Hovland carried a one-shot lead over Scheffler into Sunday’s final round.
    — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2026
  • The Thai golfer held a one-shot lead and par on the final hole would have given her the third major title of her professional career.
    — Mohammed Soliman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Apr. 2025

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