potshot

How To Use potshot In A Sentence

• The recent criticism of his leadership has included potshots from several leading political journalists.
• Sure, throw a potshot because it went in the ocean, but it had a scientific rationale. President's Science Advisor Talks About NASA - NASA Watch
• My only "potshot" is that I feel that the main contributors of this disgraceful escapade, should have all their assets & bank accounts etc., confiscated & sold & the money should be put into an account to help reestablish companies that were not involved but are paying the price of someone elses greed. Fool.com: The Motley Fool
• I had so many floodlights installed, I could turn night into day, and I went hunting with a tranquilizer rifle, potshotting and overdosing a number of small animals, starting up birds and dropping them from the air, until I felt confident I would be able to knock Isha down, however high he leaped. Asimov's Science Fiction
• reporters took potshots at the mayor
• This could prove to be intensely irritating and amusing in equal measure, and probably all too easy to take potshots at.
• She really captured the skater/snowboarder lifestyle without taking easy potshots at the culture.
• Youngsters began tossing grenades into the compound, and locals with guns took potshots at the soldiers.
• She takes it all in her stride, including his abuse of other staff and customers, but draws the line when he takes potshots at her sickly young son.
• You think you can get far enough in an hour, on foot, carrying a grown woman, while I'm potshotting you, then by all means go for it. The Girls He Adored