: a hostile encounter in which antagonists with guns shoot at each other
Examples of gunfight in a Sentence
There was a gunfight between the rival gangs.
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The former, a technical sergeant in Company D, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, parachuted into Neuville-au-Plain and was killed in an intense gunfight.
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Emily Krauser, People.com, 24 July 2025
Letting the action unfold in something close to real time, director Fred Zinnemann builds the tension slowly, letting Kane’s mounting desperation, rather than gunfights and acts of heroism, push the film along.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
Bell, Stabler, Tanner, Reyes and a bunch more cops storm Emery’s transport; a gunfight erupts.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 June 2025
Losing a friend side by side in a gunfight often meant pursuing vengeance in his memory, taking care not to squander his martyrdom.
—Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
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Emily Krauser, People.com, 24 July 2025
Letting the action unfold in something close to real time, director Fred Zinnemann builds the tension slowly, letting Kane’s mounting desperation, rather than gunfights and acts of heroism, push the film along.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
Bell, Stabler, Tanner, Reyes and a bunch more cops storm Emery’s transport; a gunfight erupts.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 12 June 2025
Losing a friend side by side in a gunfight often meant pursuing vengeance in his memory, taking care not to squander his martyrdom.
—Literary Hub, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for gunfight
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“Gunfight.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfight. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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