How to use ricochet in a sentence

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• Often, I left a bruise: the blade's tip ricocheting off chestguards onto skin.2019, Mary Jean Chan, Flèche. From the entry chestguard
• Before you have a chance to react, it's ricocheted from winger to centreman to net.2009 January 25, Sarah Barmak Special to the Star, “Worshipping a tiny, perfect, occasionally bloody game”, in Toronto Star. From the entry centreman
• The rekick ricocheted off an upright, the Broncos eventually won the game and a fad was born.2007, Judy Battista, “Icing Kicker: New Tactic Has Drawn Double Take”, in New York Times. From the entry rekick
• The bullet pinged against the railings and whirred off on a ricochet.1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 101. From the entry ping
• Van Hollen referred to the stagecraft with a term that had ricocheted around social media for much of the day: “Margaritagate.”2025 April 18, Meg Kinnard, “US senator’s El Salvador trip to see deportee Abrego Garcia dubbed ‘margaritagate’, a presidential deception…. From the entry Margaritagate
• Coated with black crumbs and custard, the zac streaked out of his mouth like a dum-dum and ricocheted off a tureen.1980, Clive James, Unreliable Memoirs, Picador, published 1981, page 13. From the entry zac
• Bullets ricocheted off the walls and the ceiling, wheeing by him, and his face stung from chips of stone.1970, Philip José Farmer, The Mad Goblin. From the entry whee
• He took the call as video, not feeling up to full holopresence with the dream he couldn’t remember still ricocheting around his brain.2004, Alexander C. Irvine, Have Robot, Will Travel—A Byron Preiss Robot Mystery, iBooks, page 78. From the entry holopresence
• Now there were two objects, ricocheting off a rocky headland, occasionally bumping each other with a squdge inaudible above the sloshing water.1940, C. Daly King, Bermuda Burial, page 195. From the entry squdge
• There was a whiff of farce about Southampton’s second goal too, as, six minutes later, a bungled Sunderland pass ricocheted off Will Buckley’s backside to the feet of Dusan Tadic.2014 October 18, Paul Doyle, “Southampton hammer eight past hapless Sunderland in barmy encounter”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The…. From the entry bungled

Meaning of ricochet

1. noun A method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.
2. noun An instance of ricocheting; a glancing rebound.
3. verb To rebound off something wildly in a seemingly random direction.

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How do you use ricochet in a sentence?

Ricochet is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Everything that could go right for England did although they never felt lucky and they chuckled at Kane’s third that ricocheted off his heel while he was looking the other way.”

What is a short sentence with ricochet?

“The bullet pinged against the railings and whirred off on a ricochet.”

What does ricochet mean?

Ricochet means a method of firing a projectile so that it skips along a surface.