Examples of gunfire in a Sentence
We heard gunfire in the distance.
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Responding officers learned the mother and her child were sleeping in the same bed when the gunfire pierced their bedroom wall, police said.
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Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 23 May 2024
When the gunfire broke out that day, officers from Uvalde police, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Texas Department of Public Safety were among those who rushed to Robb Elementary.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 22 May 2024
The man surrendered with his hands in the air and an officer handcuffed him, finding that he’d been hit multiple times in the gunfire, White said.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2024
Two Miami-Dade police detectives were caught in a hail of gunfire while driving through a neighborhood near Miami Shores in an undercover car late Monday night, police said.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
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Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 23 May 2024
When the gunfire broke out that day, officers from Uvalde police, U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the Texas Department of Public Safety were among those who rushed to Robb Elementary.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 22 May 2024
The man surrendered with his hands in the air and an officer handcuffed him, finding that he’d been hit multiple times in the gunfire, White said.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2024
Two Miami-Dade police detectives were caught in a hail of gunfire while driving through a neighborhood near Miami Shores in an undercover car late Monday night, police said.
—Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 15 May 2024
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“Gunfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfire. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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gunfire
noun
gun·fire
-ˌfī(ə)r 
: the firing of guns
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