Examples of gunfire in a Sentence
We heard gunfire in the distance.
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Sudden distant gunfire sends them scrambling toward a barbwire border fence, their luggage unceremoniously flung over the barrier by guards as the van speeds away.
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Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Twenty-eight others, including Wicks, were wounded as gunfire transformed a neighborhood party into a sprawling and chaotic crime scene.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
During this year’s Bronx shootings 165 people have been hit by gunfire — 16 more than last year, NYPD statistics show.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
When gunfire erupted at the small town Arkansas grocery store on the morning of Friday, June 21, a nurse rushed to the aid of one of the fallen.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
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Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
Twenty-eight others, including Wicks, were wounded as gunfire transformed a neighborhood party into a sprawling and chaotic crime scene.
—Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2024
During this year’s Bronx shootings 165 people have been hit by gunfire — 16 more than last year, NYPD statistics show.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 25 June 2024
When gunfire erupted at the small town Arkansas grocery store on the morning of Friday, June 21, a nurse rushed to the aid of one of the fallen.
—Emily Palmer, Peoplemag, 24 June 2024
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“Gunfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfire. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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gunfire
noun
gun·fire
-ˌfī(ə)r 
: the firing of guns
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