1.   Another tentacle shot out like a whip and coiled around his throat, choking him.

2.   And when we go out to demonstrate, we cannot be shot at like wild pigs.

3.   As soon as he delivered his last line, the shiny brass bell of a sousaphone shot up like a hasty sunrise.

4.   Barely do we enter the line when he shoots like a cannonball from my lap to Jim, the driver.

5.   Baryshnikov, in a stars-and-stripes outfit, shot up like a rocket into his flex-footed salutes.

6.   Because these shows are shot like mini-movies, the work is also more labor-intensive.

7.   A visit to a gay dance club is shot like a glimpse of the damned, writhing in hell.

8.   But on Wednesday night, Anthony shot like Reggie Miller.

9.   Coaches are hollering, whistles are blowing, receivers are sprinting, with puffs of breath shooting like steam from beneath their face masks.

10.   Does your blood pressure shoot up like a thermometer on a summer day whenever you see your doctor or dentist?