Below you will find example sentences with "mass shooting". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Mass Shooting in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: shooting
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 24
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 28 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 1 start, 13 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "mass shooting" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as after a mass shooting, after a mass shooting especially a, school, paso and people stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with fatal shooting, school shooting, mass shootings and school shooting, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with mass shooting
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Americans are always outraged after a mass shooting, especially a school shooting. (12 words)
Caelistis: kendelrio: Caelistis: kendelrio: So is this a school shooting or a mass shooting? (14 words)
Under the broader definition of mass shootings, America has around one mass shooting a day. (15 words)
By the time this letter is published, the discussion of gun violence in our country following the mass shooting at the high school in Parkland, FL on Feb. 14 will have ended and we will all be back to waiting for the next mass shooting to occur. (47 words)
Death Toll For El Paso Shooting Now 22 After Victims Die In HospitalTwo more victims of the mass shooting at a crowded Walmart in El Paso, Texas, died Monday at a hospital, raising the death toll for the attack to 22. (41 words)
After almost four years since her dad was fatally shot in the Boulder King Soopers mass shooting, Erika Mahoney is set to release a podcast about how those affected by the shooting have handled their grief in the aftermath. (39 words)
Caelistis: kendelrio: Caelistis: kendelrio: So is this a school shooting or a mass shooting? (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
The shooting was the 21st mass killing in the United States in 2019, and the fifth public mass shooting.
By the time this letter is published, the discussion of gun violence in our country following the mass shooting at the high school in Parkland, FL on Feb. 14 will have ended and we will all be back to waiting for the next mass shooting to occur.
The shooting comes within a month of the shocking El Paso shooting, which was the most deadly mass shooting in Texas' state history.
This most recent shooting marks the third mass shooting in Texas in the past year, including the shooting in El Paso, Texas, that killed 22 people less than a month ago.
Under the broader definition of mass shootings, America has around one mass shooting a day.
Brett Cross, who lost his son Uziye in a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde last year, also lashed out at the Republican governor for not making mention of the deadly shooting.
California Governor Gavin Newsom tweeted that he was ‘at the hospital meeting with victims of a mass shooting when I get pulled away to be briefed about another shooting.
CNN and the Gun Violence Archive define a mass shooting as a shooting that injured or killed four or more people, not including the shooter.
San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe the recent Half Moon Bay mass shooting was second shooting at California Terra Garden in 7 months.
The partisan battle in Nashville comes after three 9-year-old students and three adults were killed in a March 27 school shooting in the city, the latest high-profile mass shooting in the United States.
After almost four years since her dad was fatally shot in the Boulder King Soopers mass shooting, Erika Mahoney is set to release a podcast about how those affected by the shooting have handled their grief in the aftermath.
Caelistis: kendelrio: Caelistis: kendelrio: So is this a school shooting or a mass shooting?
Death Toll For El Paso Shooting Now 22 After Victims Die In HospitalTwo more victims of the mass shooting at a crowded Walmart in El Paso, Texas, died Monday at a hospital, raising the death toll for the attack to 22.
The shooting in Dayton was the second mass shooting within 13 hours over the weekend, following the massacre in El Paso that left at least 20 people dead.
The shooting resulted in 49 casualties, and more than 20 wounded during Friday prayers, making it the country’s worst ever mass shooting, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern condemned as terrorism.
The trip will come after a visit to Dayton, Ohio where nine people were killed in a mass shooting, hours after the El Paso Walmart shooting, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported.
Americans are always outraged after a mass shooting, especially a school shooting.
Particularly timely after last Friday’s Santa Fe High School shooting, the show will feature photographs of condolence gifts after a mass shooting.
Students mourn during a candlelight prayer vigil Feb. 15 for the victims of a mass shooting at nearby Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. At least 17 people were killed in the Feb. 14 shooting.
That shooting left 58 people dead and 546 injured, making it the deadliest mass shooting by an individual in U.S. history.