How to Use misfire in a Sentence

misfire

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• The rest of the Suns went 1-of-7, misfiring on four 3s.
  — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2023
• The weapon, which the inmate shouldn't have had, misfired and no one was hurt.
  — CBS News, 25 Nov. 2023
• Then Beal misfired on a 3 attempt from the wing and Gordon grabbed the miss.
  — Roy Parry, orlandosentinel.com, 17 Nov. 2019
• The home team misfired on open shots and high-risk passes.
  — Jeff Faraudo, The Mercury News, 6 June 2019
• On the first night, a sixgill knocked into the speargun, causing it to misfire.
  — National Geographic, 5 Sep. 2019
• Next trip down the floor Mickey Mitchell misfired on a jumper and the Trojans snagged that loose ball as well.
  — Michelle Gardner, azcentral, 29 Feb. 2020
• Cheshire misfired a snap, sending the ball into the end zone and forcing a turnover.
  — Sean Begin, courant.com, 4 Dec. 2019
• Mayfield also misfired on a pass to Jarvis Landry and threw low on the run for David Njoku in the session.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland.com, 27 July 2019
• Woods found the fairway at the par-5 14th, but misfired his approach into the greenside bunker.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2019
• Ilsinho turned to shoot, and ended up misfiring the ball to just in front of Sapong.
  — Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 28 June 2018
• Nelson and Rodgers misfired on what looked like a sure touchdown on the second drive.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Jan. 2020
• Belinelli misfired on a three-pointer right before the buzzer and the Celtics escaped with the win.
  — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 6 May 2018
• Aaron Holiday had the final shot to win it but misfired.
  — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 28 Dec. 2019
• Play was stopped during the fourth quarter when a T-shirt misfired onto the court during play.
  — Michael Marot, charlotteobserver, 10 Apr. 2018
• Jordan Stout also misfired on a 24-yard punt in the first half on a windy afternoon.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2024
• There’s a bit of sound and character from the V-8 (which seemed to be misfiring a bit, likely due to being cold).
  — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 10 Mar. 2023
• Both quarterbacks also misfired on a few passes due to the wet ball.
  — OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 May 2018
• The Rockets had spent much of the second half misfiring, but that was not their greatest issue.
  — Jonathan Feigen, Houston Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2020
• Between the targets that keep moving and the care that keeps misfiring, the equation of care in Boyt’s novel doesn’t come out even.
  — Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
• Tagovailoa also misfired on a throw to the end zone to Jerry Jeudy a few plays later.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 14 Oct. 2019
• However, JJ Redick misfired on a wide-open three-pointer at the top of the key before time expired.
  — Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• After scoring Golden State’s first 17 points of the frame, the 23-year-old guard began to misfire while the Lakers refused to go away.
  — C.j. Holmes, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2023
• Better to misfire and course correct than to be absent.
  — Eric Alterman, The New Republic, 21 Aug. 2023
• But DeVito was forced out of the pocket on fourth-and-8 and misfired badly, giving the ball back to Locksley’s team.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, baltimoresun.com, 7 Sep. 2019
• Your intuition misfires as the moon clashes with Uranus.
  — USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
• Reed misfired long on his approach shot to the final hole and faced a delicate downhill putt.
  — Jesse Smithey, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2018
• Maybe a couple misfires with his (sinkers), but that's nitpicking with that type of outing.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2023
• Or misfiring on his first 4 looks from 3 as the Pacers quickly went downhill in their worst loss in 33 years to Toronto.
  — J. Michael, Indianapolis Star, 28 Feb. 2020
• Morgan and Tobin Heath pushed time and time again again in the minutes that followed, but either misfired or had shots blocked or saved.
  — Alicia Delgallo, Pro Soccer USA, 8 July 2019
• While the numbers look fairly accurate, Steil misfires on the blame element.
  — Journal Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2024

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misfire

2 of 2 noun

• The way the rest of the game played out, that misfire proved critical.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Jan. 2022
• That play ended with a bad misfire to an open Equanimeous St. Brown.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 27 Sep. 2022
• To describe Perry’s 2012 campaign as a misfire for the ages wouldn’t be too much of a stretch.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 13 July 2023
• The most common is a misfire, or a soft firing pin strike when the trigger is pulled.
  — Tyler Freel, Outdoor Life, 26 Feb. 2021
• Just as kids have to learn to course-correct after a misfire, so do dads!
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 21 June 2022
• The control scheme is intuitive, but the touch surface on the right is far too prone to misfires.
  — PCMAG, 5 Feb. 2024
• Madame Web is one of those rare misfires that prompts one to wonder how it was made in the first place, or who it was even made for.
  — Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
• The pallidness of Carter Burwell’s score, in a rare misfire for him, doesn’t help things any.
  — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Oct. 2022
• With one more misfire, the window for these Titans and the Super Bowl just got smaller.
  — Gentry Estes, USA TODAY, 23 Jan. 2022
• Lucky for music fans, those early misfires didn’t spell the demise of Casablanca Records.
  — Ted Brown, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2023
• The Jaguars were able to maneuver to the 8-yard line midway through the second quarter but a pass on fourth down to the endzone was a misfire.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 21 Nov. 2020
• Nerve cells misfire, leading to headache and nausea—the first signs of heat exhaustion.
  — Aryn Baker, Time, 26 May 2022
• That may be a welcome change for 49ers fans, who watched Garoppolo misfire on key throws in the team’s 3-point loss to the Titans last week.
  — New York Times, 30 Dec. 2021
• But can the tech behemoth keep spending big on big-screen misfires?
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
• No ending with Best Picture (more on that grievous misfire in a bit).
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2021
• The controls are easy to use, even with cold fingers, and the Easy Lock bolt does away with the out-of-battery misfire common to inertia guns.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
• The biggest misfire of the evening came in a virtual production.
  — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, 3 Sep. 2021
• But his teammates attributed that misfire more to a wet ball than to rookie nerves.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Jan. 2023
• The film is, admittedly, pretty bad, a tonal misfire that tanked at the box office.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2021
• On one third-and-5 misfire in the third quarter, Dalton seemed to throw hot toward Goodwin.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 23 Nov. 2021
• The miss was just his third errant field goal attempt and fifth misfire (he's missed two extra points) overall.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Nov. 2020
• Rebeck also wants to use plants—their resilience, their need for space and care—as a metaphor, but this show is a mind-boggling misfire.
  — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2023
• That, in turn, has allowed the company to take big swings without the fear of the occasional misfire.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 8 Sep. 2021
• The misfire on Mullens part was not including a large enough buyout.
  — John Canzano, oregonlive, 17 Dec. 2020
• While coasting to the far end of the straightaway after a run, a host of warning messages popped up on the gauge cluster, all tied to a severe misfire.
  — Dave Vanderwerp, Car and Driver, 26 Aug. 2022
• Something similar might be at play with the NPD and Grassroots misfire.
  — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 13 Aug. 2021
• Universal endured a few misfires as well, but none were as painful.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 2 Jan. 2024
• All this means there is plenty of potential for misfires.
  — S. Shyam Sundar, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2023
• The misfires were striking in that Herbert’s career to date has been marked by accuracy and a strong bond with Allen.
  — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
• Another was the fourth-and-15 misfire to Mooney on a pass that had to be thrown deeper out of necessity.
  — Dan Wiederer, chicagotribune.com, 14 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024