Examples of gunfire in a Sentence
We heard gunfire in the distance.
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Before the crash, officers on the ground exchanged gunfire with the shooting suspect.
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Stephen Sorace , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
The Israeli military said the attack was a real-time response to the gunfire that targeted its soldiers.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with military policy, told the Associated Press that Israel’s latest attacks were in response to militant gunfire that badly wounded a reservist soldier Wednesday morning.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
When gunfire sounded as a 12-year-old boy rode through the Austin neighborhood Tuesday evening with his parents and infant sister, his mother told the whole family to duck.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
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Stephen Sorace , Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
The Israeli military said the attack was a real-time response to the gunfire that targeted its soldiers.
—Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2026
An Israeli military official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with military policy, told the Associated Press that Israel’s latest attacks were in response to militant gunfire that badly wounded a reservist soldier Wednesday morning.
—Wafaa Shurafa, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
When gunfire sounded as a 12-year-old boy rode through the Austin neighborhood Tuesday evening with his parents and infant sister, his mother told the whole family to duck.
—Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
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“Gunfire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gunfire. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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gunfire
noun
gun·fire
-ˌfī(ə)r 
: the firing of guns
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