miss fire

Example Sentences

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You see, if by any chance our trap should miss fire, and they come after us, they’d head along the straight road to Gandela.

From In the Whirl of the Rising by Mitford, Bertram

But the words are quoted in a hundred books and pamphlets, and are used like theological revolvers which never miss fire.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von

Charley looked at his weapon very gravely, and put on another pair of caps, remarking, "I never had a gun miss fire like that with me before."

From Harper's Young People, April 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

"Had him going, too, when this motor of mine went back on me and started in to miss fire so often that he got away," he spluttered.

From Air Service Boys Flying for Victory or, Bombing the Last German Stronghold by Beach, Charles Amory

Knowing, however, that the Arabs’ powder is often very bad, and that, consequently, their weapons frequently miss fire, I felt very doubtful whether such might not be the case on the present occasion.

From Saved from the Sea The Loss of the Viper, and her Crew's Saharan Adventures by Riou, Edouard