How to Use firing squad in a Sentence

firing squad

noun

• Here is a look at the status of firing squads in the United States.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
• The last execution by firing squad in the U.S. was in 2010.
  — Fox News, 20 Apr. 2022
• The inmate, Ernest Johnson, had asked to instead be put to death by a firing squad.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 24 May 2021
• His stomach was pumped, and he was propped up before a firing squad.
  — Robert O. Paxton, Harper's Magazine, 17 Dec. 2023
• If the court rejects the appeals, two British men and a Moroccan could face a firing squad.
  — Maria Grazia Murru, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022
• But the idea of using firing squads is making a comeback.
  — Michael Tarm, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
• The state is one of only nine to still use the electric chair and will become only the fourth to allow a firing squad.
  — Kevin L. Clark, Essence, 6 May 2021
• Lawmakers allowed a firing squad to be added in 2021, as part of the same law that restarted the state's use of the electric chair.
  — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
• His brother was the last person in Utah — and the U.S. — to be executed by firing squad in 2010.
  — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Feb. 2022
• The plan is that he will either be electrocuted or shot to death by a firing squad — the state leaves the option up to him.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 11 Apr. 2022
• Stan and Ollie join the Foreign Legion and wind up scheduled for a firing squad.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
• One of the Aarons photographs captured the moment that the firing squad had aimed at one of its prisoners.
  — Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 28 May 2021
• Idris hopes to make a film about Lawrence Anini, a Nigerian bandit who was killed by a firing squad in 1987.
  — Demetria L. Lucas, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Mar. 2022
• Parler did remove Wood's post calling on Pence to face a firing squad.
  — Grant Gross, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2021
• Guests also encountered a firing squad, where black bags were placed over their heads and they were shot with small nerf balls.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2022
• Only one person has been killed by firing squad since 1996.
  — Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2022
• Those included one that said Woodall and her staff should be put in front of a firing squad, Woodall testified.
  — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
• Three inmates, all in Utah, have been killed by firing squad since the U.S. reinstated the death penalty in 1977.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2021
• When asked what the most humane way to execute someone would be, Lain’s answer is the firing squad.
  — Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2022
• There has only been one firing squad execution in 50 years in the U.S.
  — James Farrell, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• The state, one of eight that still electrocute inmates, has yet to assemble a firing squad.
  — Meg Kinnard, Star Tribune, 6 June 2021
• After the 2019 case was decided, Mr. Johnson sought to amend his lawsuit to ask for a firing squad.
  — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 24 May 2021
• Senators voted 32-11 in favor of adding the firing squad to the bill, which is expected to pass the Senate this week.
  — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021
• South Carolina is one of eight states to still use the electric chair and one of four to allow a firing squad, according to the center.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2022
• In Utah, prisoners sentenced before May 2004 can choose to be killed by a firing squad.
  — Michael Balsamo, USA TODAY, 27 Nov. 2020
• Now that a firing squad has been formed, the court will need to issue a new order for any execution to be carried out.
  — al, 19 Mar. 2022
• Grant requested the use of a firing squad instead, saying that would be less painful than the injection.
  — CBS News, 27 Jan. 2022
• Maddon’s departure leaves Minasian as next in line for the firing squad.
  — Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2022
• There, some 2,200 people were shot by Franco’s firing squads against a wall that is still pockmarked with bullet holes.
  — Constant Méheut Samuel Aranda, New York Times, 18 July 2023
• Pistols and rifles in hand, the firing squad lines up in the desert scrub, exact location unclear.
  — Kriston Capps, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024