Shoots
[ʃu:ts]
Examples
- Baxter's the keeper, and when he finds strange dogs hunting about, he takes and shoots 'em. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Spyers loses sight of him a minute as he turns a corner; shoots round; sees a little crowd; dives in; Which is the man? Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Suddenly a spasm shoots across her face and she turns deadly pale. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The trees and wayside hedges were just throwing out their first green shoots, and the air was full of the pleasant smell of the moist earth. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Its stem shoots up to the height of fifty or sixty feet without branch or division, and of nearly the same thickness throughout its length. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Its leaves and shoots were green then, and the day being sunny, a pair of glass doors leading to the garden were thrown open. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The fields were green and there were small green shoots on the vines, the trees along the road had small leaves and a breeze came from the sea. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
Typist: Sam