Get to know Sniper better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like marksman or sharpshooter.
Sniper in a sentence
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Sniper meaning
- A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
- A sniper rifle.
- Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
Synonyms of Sniper
Using Sniper
- The main meaning on this page is: A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position. | A sniper rifle. | Any attacker using a non-contact weapon against a specific target from a concealed position.
- Useful related words include: marksman, sharpshooter, crack shot.
- In the example corpus, sniper often appears in combinations such as: sniper rifle, the sniper, sniper rifles.
Context around Sniper
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 8 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sniper
- In this selection, "sniper" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, counter, accidental, peshmerga, rifle, shot and expert stand out and add context to how "sniper" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after the sniper had fired and agent noun sniper appears by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sniper" sits close to words such as alarmed, allocate and amazed, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sniper
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This sniper is armed with Tango 51 sniper rifle. (9 words)
Longest recorded sniper kills main British sniper, training in Northumberland, 2010. (11 words)
Representing the sniper rifle category, here we have the heavy sniper rifle. (12 words)
Because of this, "Sniper 2" didn't fire a single shot until late in the gunfight, when hostage-taker Khalid Jamal attempted to escape on foot and ran right at the exposed sniper. (33 words)
However, their reactions are such that you can't tell if the sniper made the shot and killed the driver, or if the sniper missed (which had happened earlier in the episode). (32 words)
Due to the surprise nature of sniper fire, high lethality of aimed shots and frustration at the inability to locate and attack snipers, sniper tactics have a significant effect on morale. (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
This meant that whenever a sniper was in the area, the location of the sniper could be determined after the sniper had fired a few shots.
Eve Moneypenny's accidental sniper shot in has been debunked by sniper expert Nicholas Irving.
Sniper: G.R.I.T. marks a passing of the torch in the Sniper franchise, with Chad Michael Collins appearing in more films than Tom Berenger.
The sniper has quickly climbed the ranks in the meta as a go-to sniper rifle for players who love pulling off tricky shots.
A video by a Polish volunteer Peshmerga sniper shows the sniper struggling to feed a fresh round with the bolt on a Serbian M93 rifle.
Playing the game, getting a sniper and shooting does not make you the best sniper in the world.
However, their reactions are such that you can't tell if the sniper made the shot and killed the driver, or if the sniper missed (which had happened earlier in the episode).
Representing the sniper rifle category, here we have the heavy sniper rifle.
As a result, if a sniper is in imminent danger of capture, he may discard any items which might indicate his status as a sniper.
Because of this, "Sniper 2" didn't fire a single shot until late in the gunfight, when hostage-taker Khalid Jamal attempted to escape on foot and ran right at the exposed sniper.
Current weapons A U.S. Secret Service "counter-sniper" marksman on top of the White House's roof, armed with a sniper rifle.
Due to the surprise nature of sniper fire, high lethality of aimed shots and frustration at the inability to locate and attack snipers, sniper tactics have a significant effect on morale.
Graduates of the U.S. Army sniper school are expected to achieve 90 percent first-round hits at 600 meters, using the M24 Sniper Weapon System (SWS).
He discovers there is only one sniper, but Doc Jay and Eightball are killed when Doc Jay attempts to indicate the sniper's location.
Longest recorded sniper kills main British sniper, training in Northumberland, 2010.
One very old counter-sniper tactic is to tie rags onto bushes or similar items in suspected sniper hides.
Soldiers raise a dummy head to locate an enemy sniper Soon the British army began to train their own snipers in specialized sniper schools.
The agent noun "sniper" appears by the 1820s. citation The term sniper was first attested in 1824 in the sense of the word "sharpshooter".
This sniper is armed with Tango 51 sniper rifle.
According to them, the other items returning are the Planes, Pirate Cannons, Flint-Knock Pistol, Minigun, Suppressed Sniper Rifle, Balloons, Poison Dart Trap, Itemized Glider Redeploy, and Buried Treasure.
Common combinations with sniper
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- sniper rifle 31×
- the sniper 28×
- sniper rifles 14×
- by sniper 12×
- sniper and 12×
- of sniper 9×
- sniper who 8×
- sniper in 6×
- with sniper 6×
- sniper fire 6×