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Examples of angle shot in a Sentence
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The cameraman had positioned himself in the burial pit to get a low-angle shot of the bodies sliding down a shoot.
—Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2023
The roughly 31-minute clip is an overhead surveillance wide-angle shot taken from a city surveillance camera that offers a bird's-eye view of the unsettling beating.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2023
Mrázek handed off the puck behind the net to Isaak Phillips, who made a savvy stretch pass to Athanasiou, who then flipped a sharp-angle shot over Avs goalie Pavel Francouz.
—Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023
There are dozens of related decisions here: stuff about where to put cameras, how wide a wide-angle shot should be, whether the action should feel static or dynamic, what color purple is too royal or too pastel, how to capture audience reactions.
—Vulture, 23 May 2022
Vilardi scored on a sharp-angle shot with 3:18 remaining, picking up his ninth goal and second game-winner of the season.
—Dan Greenspan, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2022
The sophomore gathered himself in the corner and flipped up a tough-angle shot that hit nothing but net as the buzzer sounded, giving Grand Blanc a 31-15 halftime advantage.
—Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 25 Mar. 2022
Puljujarvi tucked his sharp-angle shot in under the crossbar to give Edmonton a 4-0 edge 4:15 into the second, with McDavid notching the primary assist for his ninth game with three or more points this season.
—Dan Greenspan, Los Angeles Times, 3 Apr. 2022
An autographed poster of the Phoenix Suns hung across the hall from a wide-angle shot of Arizona State’s Sun Devil Stadium.
—New York Times, 1 Mar. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1922, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near angle shot
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“Angle shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angle%20shot. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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