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Shootings is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Shootings in a sentence

Shootings | Shooting

Shootings meaning

plural of shooting

Using Shootings

  • The main meaning on this page is: plural of shooting
  • In the example corpus, shootings often appears in combinations such as: mass shootings, shootings in, the shootings.

Context around Shootings

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 14 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Shootings

  • In this selection, "shootings" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, mass, school, police, gang, per and feel stand out and add context to how "shootings" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 24 school shootings that resulted, 338 mass shootings in the and mass shootings. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "shootings" sits close to words such as absent, ashley and beings, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with shootings

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Again, this won’t stop all school shootings or accidental shootings from happening. (13 words)

The images from the two mass shootings this past weekend — in — were, as with all mass shootings, devastating. (18 words)

He agreed with Lacefield’s assessment, saying investigating and solving nonfatal shootings can prevent retaliatory shootings, which are sometimes fatal. (20 words)

And as criminologists who track any time a gun is fired at a K-12 school, including deliberate attacks, suicides, accidental shootings, gang-related violence and shootings at after-hours school events, we know this case is only the tip of the iceberg. (43 words)

He would have been overjoyed at the young men and women organizing the massive protests against gun violence, building a diverse movement, making the connection between the horror of school shootings in the suburbs and street shootings in our cities. (40 words)

According to court documents released to the public this week, 22-year old Dylen Joseph Swan orchestrated a three-day crime spree involving a car chase, at least two shootings, and an armed robbery in August 2021. (37 words)

Example sentences (20)

And as criminologists who track any time a gun is fired at a K-12 school, including deliberate attacks, suicides, accidental shootings, gang-related violence and shootings at after-hours school events, we know this case is only the tip of the iceberg.

He agreed with Lacefield’s assessment, saying investigating and solving nonfatal shootings can prevent retaliatory shootings, which are sometimes fatal.

Just two days into the month, this is one of three mass shootings in July and one of 338 mass shootings in the US in 2023, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

Meanwhile, 2023 is on track to set a new record for the most mass shootings, according to Education Week, which reports there have already been 24 school shootings that resulted in injuries or deaths.

So far, in 2023, there have been at least 85 mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive, an average of about 1.5 mass shootings per day.

At least 397 mass shootings have taken place so far this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines mass shootings as those in which four or more victims are shot.

For young people — at least in the United States — school shootings and mass shootings feel like an everyday, inevitable occurrence.

President Trump addresses mass shootings President Donald Trump addresses the nation following two mass shootings that left at least 29 people dead.

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The images from the two mass shootings this past weekend — in — were, as with all mass shootings, devastating.

There have been 283 North American mass shootings in 2019 alone, so the topic is on the minds of a lot of people and there is a big debate as to why these shootings keep occurring.

According to Philip Stinson, a criminologist at Bowling Green State University in Ohio who tracks fatal police shootings, 85 police officers have been charged with murder or manslaughter resulting from on-duty shootings since 2005.

Again, this won’t stop all school shootings or accidental shootings from happening.

An FBI study analyzing 163 instances of mass shootings found was stopped by an armed person, compared to 21 shootings that were stopped by unarmed people.

He would have been overjoyed at the young men and women organizing the massive protests against gun violence, building a diverse movement, making the connection between the horror of school shootings in the suburbs and street shootings in our cities.

If you look the places with the most mass shootings are the states and areas with the most gun control; however, on the other hand, where there is open and concealed carry there is less shootings.

Shootings Leave 2 Baltimore Men Injured During Ceasefire WeekendCity police are investigating two shootings that left two men injured during Baltimore's Ceasefire weekend.

The commission said black people were involved in 36 per cent of police shootings they studied, 61 per cent of police use-of-force cases involving civilian death, and 70 per cent of fatal police shootings.

According to court documents released to the public this week, 22-year old Dylen Joseph Swan orchestrated a three-day crime spree involving a car chase, at least two shootings, and an armed robbery in August 2021.

A criminal justice professor says the MAC-10 firearm has rarely been used in mass shootings, which are defined as those in which at least four people die.

A database compiled by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University said there have been at least 18 shootings which left four or more people dead this year.

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Common combinations with shootings

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "shootings" in a sentence?
An example: "And as criminologists who track any time a gun is fired at a K-12 school, including deliberate attacks, suicides, accidental shootings, gang-related violence and shootings at after-hours school events, we know this case is only the tip of the iceberg." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "shootings" from authentic English texts.
What does "shootings" mean?
Shootings means: plural of shooting
How many example sentences with "shootings" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "shootings", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.