Examples of 'shot in the dark' in a sentence

Meaning of "shot in the dark"

shot in the dark - This phrase refers to a wild guess or an attempt that is based on little information and has a low probability of success. It is commonly used when trying something without any real expectation of a positive outcome
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  • A guess, attempt, or choice made with little or no evidence or knowledge.

How to use "shot in the dark" in a sentence

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shot in the dark
Even a shot in the dark hits sometimes.
We thought it was just another shot in the dark.
A shot in the dark that paid off.
Let me take a shot in the dark here.
A shot in the dark and very dangerous.
But that was a total shot in the dark.
A shot in the dark pride and shame.
I would like to take a shot in the dark.
Shot in the dark to finish things off.
To be wrong a shot in the dark know my name.
Crystallizing a protein can be a shot in the dark.
A shot in the dark rarely finds its target.
The agent took a shot in the dark.
A shot in the dark is better than no shot at all.
This could be a real shot in the dark.

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No longer a shot in the dark hoping to hit something.
This one is a major shot in the dark.
I took a shot in the dark and got lucky.
And this was not a shot in the dark.
Your shot in the dark.
I was just taking a shot in the dark.
One is a shot in the dark and the other is an impossibility.
Sounds like a real shot in the dark there.
Shot in the dark string.
You took a shot in the dark.
Sources report that he was unarmed and shot in the dark.
Total shot in the dark.
An abdominal entry is a shot in the dark.
A bad shot in the dark.
We begin with a long tracking shot in the dark.
Just a shot in the dark.
Sometimes you have to take a shot in the dark.
Take a shot in the dark.
And bow out gracefully just a shot in the dark.
Just a shot in the dark that you just might.
The safe was a shot in the dark.
I took a shot in the dark but i came up short lyrics.
This is a total shot in the dark.
Just a shot in the dark but opening the envelope may tell you.
Take another shot in the dark.
These clauses are nothing other than a resounding shot in the dark.
Also known as a shot in the dark and depth charge.
Now this is what you call a shot in the dark.
I had taken a shot in the dark and it was right on the money.
Enlargement is not a shot in the dark.
Shot in the Dark offers some clearer thinking.
I am gonna take a shot in the dark.
I was taking a shot in the dark for potential Andromeda inhibitors.
Morgue was just a shot in the dark.
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