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

The album started with quiet wind and then turned into a tornado of thunder and sirens, swordplay and gunfire over big horns and a funky soul backbeat.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2026

For days, social media users have been circulating reports of gunfire on December 30 at the palace, which overlooks the capital -- and Sharaa has not been seen in public since then.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

"It was a lot of gunfire," Trump added.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Slanting silver ropes slammed into loose earth, plowing it up like gunfire.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy