How to Use gunfight in a Sentence

gunfight

noun

• There was a gunfight between the rival gangs.
• The scene is as tense as the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2021
• The tale of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881 has been told many times on both the big and small screen.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
• One deputy was hit in the face with shrapnel during the gunfight.
  — Rene Ray De La Cruz, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022
• The conflict led to a gunfight at the corner of 4th and J Streets in Sacramento.
  — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 28 Apr. 2024
• Keller was shot in the chest during the gunfight and later died from his injuries.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• The Stop and Go last year was the scene of a gunfight inside the store that killed a teen bystander and wounded two others.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 8 May 2022
• My draw to it isn't the gunfight, my draw is how people talk to each other and the type of characters.
  — Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023
• All of a sudden, a gunfight broke out, and Ayala was hit with a stray bullet.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2022
• The home caught fire during the gunfight, and a deputy was wounded, officials said.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2023
• Lawless lands, bloody gunfights, danger, and dust (lots of it) are promised in each of its nine (and counting) episodes.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
• The filming will involve large amounts of action and gunfight scenes.
  — Vivienne Chow, Variety, 8 June 2022
• Four men also died in a gunfight at a Southeast Portland house in June.
  — oregonlive, 26 Oct. 2021
• In September, an officer killed a man in a gunfight at the end of a pursuit.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 June 2022
• The truffle hunters huddled on the ground as the tribesmen opened fire on the attackers in a gunfight that lasted for about an hour.
  — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2023
• Apart from a gunfight outside the hospital at the start of the raid, there were no reports of clashes with Hamas gunmen at the site.
  — Iyad Abuheweila, New York Times, 15 Nov. 2023
• The suspect died at the scene following a gunfight with police.
  — Jaclyn Lee, ABC News, 7 Dec. 2023
• After the gunfight, Cleaver fled the country, first to Cuba and then to Algeria.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
• One week ago, a gunfight in Kingston during which 90 rounds were fired left one man dead, and another jailed.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 5 June 2023
• No officers were injured as a result of the chase or gunfight.
  — Pilar Arias | Fox News, Fox News, 8 Aug. 2022
• Such close-up gunfights occur less frequently in the fields, where most exchanges are at long range.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• The 33-year-old drug boss was arrested after a predawn gunfight in a town north of the city of Culiacán, a stronghold of the Guzmáns’ Sinaloa cartel.
  — Kate Linthicumstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2023
• The raid set off a gunfight between soldiers and armed Palestinians.
  — Majdi Mohammed, ajc, 14 Oct. 2022
• McGraw's character is faced with a bloody gunfight at the start of the clip, after which Shea and his fellow cowboys ride over to check on him.
  — Ally Mauch, PEOPLE.com, 3 Dec. 2021
• As a gunfight looms, the plot twists into a surprising act of Christmas mercy.
  — John J. Miller, WSJ, 23 Dec. 2021
• Denver police identified a black Ford linked to the incident and gave chase, leading to a gunfight, the chief said.
  — Eliott C. McLaughlin, Joe Sutton and Lucy Kafanov, CNN, 29 Dec. 2021
• Following a harrowing hide-and-seek-and-run sequence, Harry — who's only brought a knife to this gunfight — gets the jump on one of the goons and stabs him.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 18 Nov. 2021
• The tragedy occurred Thursday afternoon during filming of a gunfight that began in a church that is part of the old Western town at the ranch.
  — Meg James and Amy Kaufman, oregonlive, 23 Oct. 2021
• And coming back to something like Sicario after Jonah Hex tells us, well, one bomb isn't quite enough to scare this cowboy away from a gunfight.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 15 Apr. 2022
• The 47-year-old gunman was killed after a gunfight with a police officer.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 21 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024