Examples of gunfire in a Sentence
We heard gunfire in the distance.
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Gaza’s civil defense called on people to refrain from the custom of firing off celebratory rounds of gunfire, because people living in tents were unprotected from stray bullets.
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
The group recorded 219 incidents of gunfire on grounds last year, with 59 deaths and more than 160 injuries.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2025
Officers located evidence of gunfire while canvassing the area, Boisvert said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
Most of the gunfire has, so far this year, occurred in neighborhoods that for decades have borne the brunt of the city’s violence.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2025
The group recorded 219 incidents of gunfire on grounds last year, with 59 deaths and more than 160 injuries.
—Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 12 Jan. 2025
Officers located evidence of gunfire while canvassing the area, Boisvert said.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2025
Most of the gunfire has, so far this year, occurred in neighborhoods that for decades have borne the brunt of the city’s violence.
—Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Gunfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfire. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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gunfire
noun
gun·fire
-ˌfī(ə)r 
: the firing of guns
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