How to Use money shot in a Sentence

money shot

noun
  • Cut to the money shot of Kaluuya on horseback being chased by the saucer.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 9 June 2022
  • Tabloid fortune-seeking paparazzi are roving the grounds hoping to get their money shot.
    — Robert Daniels, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Most action thrillers would save that kind of daredevil money shot for the release, praying that nobody leaked the footage and diminished the awe factor.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 July 2023
  • Thankfully, both costars are nimble, and Gordon catches it off camera before the four assemble on stage for their money shot.
    — EW.com, 29 Jan. 2024
  • This is when storm lovers such as Mottice hit the road, spending arduous hours taking long-exposure photos hoping for the money shot.
    — Kathryn Prociv, Washington Post, 29 June 2018
  • For the Trinity Test — the film’s money shot — Jackson’s team created a full-scale model of the metal globe-like bomb.
    — Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The money shot, the prime quote, comes after McCain discusses the mistakes made in getting into the war and the lack of a strategy for victory.
    — Ej Montini, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2017
  • Nolan frets over a nihilist bomb (then fails to deliver an explosive money shot) yet refrains from detailing government paranoia that might be relevant to today’s spiritual exhaustion.
    — Armond White, National Review, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The duo rope in an eager electronics store employee (Brandon Perea) and a curmudgeonly cinematographer (Michael Wincott) to help them get the money shot.
    — cleveland, 20 July 2022
  • Making the failure of Justice League all the more damning was its role as the would-be apotheosis of DC's cinematic universe, the triumphant pinnacle in which beloved heroes would unite for an all-timer money shot.
    — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 26 Nov. 2019

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