angle shot

noun

: a picture taken with the camera pointed at an angle from the horizontal

Examples of angle shot in a Sentence

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Bathed in sunlight, deformed by the wide angle shot, there was our living room. Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 12 May 2026 Low camera angle shot of the George Peabody Library at Johns Hopkins University, 2016. Caroline Reilly, Forbes.com, 3 May 2026 Ross Johnston threw a bad angle shot on Korpisalo that produced a rebound. Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 20 Nov. 2025 Less than three minutes later, Sam Reinhart scored for the fourth game in a row and the 300th time in his career, blasting an impossible angle shot off DeSmith’s pads and into the cage. Adam H. Beasley, Miami Herald, 2 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for angle shot

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1922, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of angle shot was circa 1922

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“Angle shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/angle%20shot. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.

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