How to Use Annie Oakley in a Sentence
Annie Oakley
noun-
Like Annie Oakley, the sharpshooter who lived long enough to vote, and who shined in a world completely dominated by men.
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USA Today,
2020-08-13
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The popularity grew exhibition shooters, the most famous in modern times being Annie Oakley.
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Steve Meyer,
Anchorage Daily News,
2020-06-27
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Unless Annie Oakley is one of them (probably a substitute for Doc Holliday), not many of our teachers are familiar with weapons.
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Nick Canepacolumnist,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2022-06-18
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This novel features a modern-day historian obsessed with the sharpshooter Annie Oakley and her possibly traumatic past.
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New York Times,
2021-01-26
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