How to Use gunfire in a Sentence

gunfire

noun

• We heard gunfire in the distance.
• But the sounds of gunfire could be heard as the fire alarms blared in the background.
  — Dakin Andone, CNN, 7 June 2023
• The two young brothers were wounded in the leg by the gunfire.
  — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
• At some point, the explosions and gunfire will stop, and the war in the Gaza Strip will end.
  — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2024
• The videos appeared to include the sounds of heavy gunfire.
  — Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2024
• When the gunfire stopped, blood and bodies littered the dance floor.
  — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
• He was also shot in the left knee and right calf by the gunfire from Carlson and Del Toro.
  — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 30 Mar. 2024
• The parents in the car said their daughter was struck by gunfire.
  — CBS News, 10 Apr. 2023
• At about the seven-minute mark of the video, the second round of gunfire occurs.
  — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024
• Many of them meet twice a week to play for two hours as the rat-tat-tat of gunfire echoes across Port-au-Prince.
  — Evens Sanon and Dánica Coto, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2023
• In video recorded as the first bursts of gunfire sounded, Aldean stops singing, then flees the stage.
  — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023
• His cousin was among the six slain, along with a schoolgirl hit by stray gunfire.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
• The crackle of gunfire and crump of tank fire ever present.
  — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2023
• The bus driver pulled the bus away in an attempt to get away from the gunfire, police said.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
• The previous year, gunfire claimed the lives of 12 students.
  — Joshua Q. Nelson, Fox News, 2 June 2023
• Audio from the bodycam picks up the sound of gunfire from the first incident.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 16 June 2023
• During a brief gunfire fight, Sanchez shot Rivera in his pelvis.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 23 Dec. 2022
• School shootings and the rate of children and teens killed by gunfire both reached all-time highs since at least 1999.
  — James Bandler, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2023
• People live among rubble and dirt, and children wake to the sound of gunfire.
  — Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2024
• The city of Parkland warned residents that the sound of gunfire could last into the evening and be heard more than a mile from the school.
  — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2023
• The sounds of dogs barking, beaters yelling, and gunfire echoed through the woods as other hunters saw game.
  — John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 6 June 2024
• No one was hit by the gunfire, but a window was shattered by a bullet.
  — Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2024
• At this point in the video, the apparent sound of gunfire captured by the bodycam is heard at least three times more.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2023
• The burst of gunfire killed Lopez-Galvan and injured 22 others, with half the victims under the age of 16.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2024
• Roughly half of those wounded by gunfire were under the age of 16.
  — Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 25 Mar. 2024
• The officers found evidence of gunfire in the parking lot in front of the gym.
  — oregonlive, 7 Jan. 2023
• All of this could take place within two seconds of gunfire.
  — Ese Olumhense, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2023
• The boy’s grandfather, who had been trying to shield his grandson from the gunfire, was shot in the hand, the release says.
  — Madeleine List The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 5 July 2023
• There was a brief exchange of gunfire between the two groups, but each of the Palestinians were killed.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 4 May 2023
• The officers found evidence of gunfire at the site and, while there, the victim approached the officers to tell them he had been shot, Boisvert said.
  — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Dec 2024