One of the protesters killed had been shot in the neck, while another had been shot in the face.

Not a single shot was fired.

A revolver-shot rang out.

He took a step, and a shot rang out.

But it was plain that they meant nothing should delay their shot.

And they praised the courage of Bard and his last mighty shot.

THERE was no return of the mutineers — not so much as another shot out of the woods.

The orc-archers shot wildly and then fled.

Thornton’s command cracked out like a pistol-shot.

Then Thorin seized a bow of horn and shot an arrow at the speaker.

"Impossible!" cried the general, starting up as if he had been shot.

It was a random shot, and yet the reporter's instinct was right.

goes the first shot, and he staggers back, clawing at the air-bang!

At last, seeing the ship still bore on her course and was now swiftly drawing out of earshot, one of them — I know not which it was — leapt to his feet with a hoarse cry, whipped his musket to his shoulder, and sent a shot whistling over Silver's head and through the main-sail. After that, we kept under cover of the bulwarks, and when next I looked out they had disappeared from the spit, and the spit itself had almost melted out of sight in the growing distance. That was, at least, the end of that; and before noon, to my inexpressible joy, the highest rock of Treasure Island had sunk into the blue round of sea.