How to Use cheap shot in a Sentence

cheap shot

noun
  • The remark about his weight was a cheap shot.
  • He took a cheap shot at the quarterback.
  • Or, in this case, one heck of a cheap shot.
    — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
  • And that’s just a cheap shot and a low blow all wrapped up in one.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
  • There were many vicious hits on each side, but none of them were cheap shots.
    — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 20 Oct. 2019
  • That was a cheap shot, going for my weakest feature, my kneecaps.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The two went back and forth before Waller hit Cena with a cheap shot.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 1 July 2023
  • Spence, though, has said the Pittsburgh linemen took cheap shots during the game.
    — Mark Inabinett, AL.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • That's what he should be questioned about, not these other questions which are just cheap shots in the bushes.
    — Fox News, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Criticizing you for the way Wyatt has been raised is a cheap shot.
    — Abigail Van Buren, Twin Cities, 22 Aug. 2019
  • But Oz was born to take every cheap shot presented by the cruelest of fates.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Dan Patrick’s cheap shot Getting to this point was a miracle.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 9 Aug. 2023
  • These weren’t exactly cheap shots — all of them traveled at least 354 feet off the bat.
    — David Eckert, Austin American Statesman, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Trump has never proven disciplined when tempted with the cheap shot and there is no reason to think that has changed.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024
  • He was derided by fans and became the target of hard slides and cheap shots from opponents.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Though the film starts out by taking lots of cheap shots at right-wing talkers, Lionel isn’t a complete jerk.
    — Kyle Smith, National Review, 21 Aug. 2019
  • Some other conservatives criticized the use of the video as a cheap shot.
    — Josh Dawsey, Washington Post, 10 June 2022
  • Benn is extremely fortunate that he wasn’t suspended for the cheap shot.
    — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The objectors are Royko’s neighbors, records show, and Moreno called the effort a cheap shot.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Year Beef Cut to about a year later, when Paul took both a cheap shot and a moonshot in just a few tweets.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 22 Jan. 2020
  • The Women’s World Cup has been an admirably clean affair, so far, with few if any cheap shots.
    — Frank Dell'apa, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • Instead, Nemeth took his cheap shot at the end of the night but already agreed to the match for Slammiversary.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 15 June 2026
  • Even as cheap shots of downtown LA’s skid row try to jam in social context uneasily.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Some other Republicans criticized the use of the video as a cheap shot.
    — Josh Dawsey, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022
  • Howard has to improve technically and center Ryan Jensen needs to stop the cheap shots.
    — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 23 Dec. 2017
  • But one moment that left us stunned was when Secretary Castro took a cheap shot at Joe.
    — Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2019
  • As for Garoppolo, likening him to Wally Pipp isn’t a cheap shot.
    — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Oct. 2021
  • Call it a collision (as the Panthers did at the time) or a cheap shot (as the Bruins did), but the bad blood was there.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2025
  • What a cheap shot Robert Hur took for bringing up the date of President Biden’s son’s death.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Back in, Cargill and Michin took out their opponents with a pair of cheap shots, and Michin took control of the bout.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026

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