Hitting

Examples

• Strictly speaking, not the target but hitting the target is the end in view; one takes aim by means of the target, but also by the sight on the gun. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Of Terewth, says Mr. Chadband, hitting him again. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Then suddenly pointing to a weather-vane on the freight depot, he pulled out a Colt revolver and fired through the window, hitting the vane. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Nothing short of a knowledge of the underlying nature of phenomena can give science advantage over chan ce in hitting upon useful discoveries and inventions. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• An attack by an aeroplane bomb, therefore, can readily be avoided, in view of the difficulty of hitting such an object from the upper air. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Hitting him on the hat, I smoke serenely, and become absorbed in contemplation of the sky. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The first insures hitting the mark; the second keeps the balance required for further action. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Human life, Mr. Betteredge, is a sort of target--misfortune is always firing at it, and always hitting the mark. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• And after me hitting thee in the face? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Piano playing is not hitting the keys at random. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.

Edited by Lizzie