gunfire

Example Sentences

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Officers potentially wasting thousands of hours in pursuit of car backfires and construction noise mislabeled as gunfire has not deterred the New York Police Department from continuing to use it.

From Salon • Feb. 8, 2026

Ratner, of course, earned Hollywood over $2 billion with his blockbusters about gunfire and exploding cars.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

The official told the agency they were trying to determine whether the gunfire was linked to the uranium shipment.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

He didn’t like gunfire and so was relegated to a small dog run, open to the elements, where he slept in a barrel filled with straw.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

They are used to gunfire and leprosy but not true love.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver