How to Use skeet in a Sentence

skeet

noun
  • Anyone can go to Hawaii to surf, but how about shooting skeet?
    — Larry Bleiberg, USA TODAY, 28 Aug. 2021
  • The team set out to solve a problem facing, of all people, skeet shooters.
    — Krista Torralva, ExpressNews.com, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Two shotgun events, two American golds, one sweet skeet sweep.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2021
  • There are 14 skeet fields, and 14 pistol and rifle ranges too.
    — Field & Stream, 28 Aug. 2020
  • The guns are excellent, and trap shooters, skeet shooters, and hunters loved them.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 5 May 2020
  • Guests can bowl or play croquet, fish or go skeet shooting, ride horses or learn falconry.
    — Ken Ward Jr., ProPublica, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Hunting season is still a few months away, and the skeet range and sporting clays course can only fill the void for so long.
    — M.d. Johnson, Field & Stream, 11 July 2024
  • That makes people like me, who normally carry enough shells to stage a skeet match for a small army, quite happy.
    — Michael Dickerson, Outdoor Life, 14 Feb. 2020
  • Keller drove an old police car, shoveled horse manure at Urbanchek’s barn and shot trap and skeet.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2022
  • Elizabeth is not into athletics but shows horses and can shoot skeet with the best of them.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 14 Nov. 2019
  • The new Gold Reserve is a beauty of a gun that will play in the uplands or on the skeet field.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 21 Jan. 2021
  • Caitlin Connor is one of the best skeet shooters in the United States.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Outdoor amenities include a soccer field, a grass tennis court and room for skeet shooting.
    — Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 21 July 2021
  • That means leaning into some of the eye-rolling terms that users are insisting on, including skeets.
    — Casey Newton, The Verge, 2 May 2023
  • Deputies responding to a skeet shooting report discovered pellets on the roof of a barn.
    — Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Derrick Mein will be favored in men’s trap, and Vince Hancock has a strong shot at his fourth skeet gold.
    — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
  • The baseballs Tony Beasley threw to him were, in fact, kept in a humidor instead of baked into skeet.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 12 July 2021
  • Outdoor amenities abound with a swimming pool, sports court, skeet-shooting range, bocce ball court, a fishing pond and two streams for canoeing.
    — Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2019
  • Around 2 million Model 12s found their way into sportsman’s hands for hunting, skeet, and trap.
    — John Gordon, Outdoor Life, 22 Mar. 2021
  • Its roots went back to a private skeet shooting club run by the William Schmidt family in the 1880s.
    — Rick Kogan, chicagotribune.com, 22 June 2017
  • Hancock has been the world’s best skeet shooter, winning two Olympic golds, four world championships and six World Cup events.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2021
  • Hancock has been the world's best skeet shooter, winning two Olympic golds, four world championships and six World Cup events.
    — CBS News, 26 July 2021
  • In addition, the grounds include a swimming pool, sports court, skeet-shooting range, bocce ball court, a pond for fishing and two streams for canoeing.
    — Jack Flemming, latimes.com, 12 July 2019
  • Besides the trout pond, the club also offers a rifle and pistol shooting area, archery, a skeet range, and private land hunting on the property.
    — Annie Gentile, Courant Community, 17 May 2017
  • Play a round of golf on one of The Homestead’s two historic courses, or try your hand at skeet shooting at the Shooting Club.
    — Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 7 Feb. 2026
  • By 1971, the property had a motel, Western-style saloon and café, a swimming pool, rodeo, and a trap and skeet range.
    — Anna Mahan, Country Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Jim was an avid hunter who loved fishing and enjoyed his weekly skeet shoots with Bill Schwarm, who predeceased him in 2012.
    — courant.com, 24 June 2018
  • At the time, the city passed a law allowing skeet shooting at private country clubs at the request of Kirtland Country Club.
    — James Ewinger, cleveland.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Two others members of the Olympic team — Kozeniesky and skeet shooter Vinny Hancock — also teach the sport.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2021
  • Kim Rhode, a 37-year-old double trap and skeet shooter, became the first woman to medal in six consecutive Olympic Games.
    — Prachi Gupta, Cosmopolitan, 30 Nov. 2016

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