Examples of gunfire in a Sentence
We heard gunfire in the distance.
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Investigators said the gunfire stemmed from a dispute that touched off after two groups of young men left the basketball game between North Kansas City and Staley high schools.
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Gang members retaliated to the raid, which involved more than 2,500 police officers, with gunfire and grenades after authorities entered two communities, The Times reported.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Nunez and a fellow officer had been responding to a domestic violence incident and were immediately met with gunfire, according to the governor.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
By the time the wage board announced that the lowest-grade workers would receive 12,500 Bangladeshi taka ($102) per month, full-fledged riots had broken out, drawing police gunfire that killed three workers and resulting in a factory blaze that caused the death of a fourth.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 30 Oct. 2025
Gang members retaliated to the raid, which involved more than 2,500 police officers, with gunfire and grenades after authorities entered two communities, The Times reported.
—Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Nunez and a fellow officer had been responding to a domestic violence incident and were immediately met with gunfire, according to the governor.
—Joseph Wilkinson, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
By the time the wage board announced that the lowest-grade workers would receive 12,500 Bangladeshi taka ($102) per month, full-fledged riots had broken out, drawing police gunfire that killed three workers and resulting in a factory blaze that caused the death of a fourth.
—Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 27 Oct. 2025
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“Gunfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfire. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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gunfire
noun
gun·fire
-ˌfī(ə)r 
: the firing of guns
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