How to Use fire off in a Sentence

fire off

verb

• The launcher fires off a twin pod of the 13-foot PrSMs.
  — Popular Mechanics, 31 Mar. 2023
• Two crews with them left to try to cut those fires off.
  — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
• Amid the pressure, Leon fired off a shot and scored the goal that put the Wave ahead by two goals.
  — Fernando Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 June 2025
• The rollerblading wall-crawler fired off at least three shots.
  — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2024
• The singer fires off a text to Kanal, and the four bandmates assemble for a Zoom call.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 17 Jan. 2024
• Still, that didn't stop Wethington, who managed to collect the puck and fire off the first goal of the game.
  — Nick Kelly, Star Tribune, 5 Feb. 2021
• One of the men fired off numerous shots, striking the victim in the head.
  — Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
• And Burt fires off a text to Padres broadcaster Mark Grant.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
• The Bulls fired off an astounding 41.5 mid-range shots to lead the league that season.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 26 Feb. 2025
• That's enough for Reacher, who fires off a shotgun at him.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2025
• Jokes fired off across the late-night board all throughout Monday evening.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Apr. 2025
• And one more boat catches fire off the coast of Los Angeles.
  — Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
• Will some of those fans fire off angry emails to Hartzell or Del Conte?
  — Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 9 Mar. 2021
• Barreiro fired off a shot in the madness, hitting no one.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 June 2024
• As bullets whizz by, gusts of air fire off near the side of attendees’ heads.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 5 Aug. 2022
• When he was asked about the toughest fan base to face, in his opinion, Verse fired off the Eagles once again.
  — Justin Grasso, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025
• The risk of all these new objects firing off into space?
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2024
• That will require Tatum and Brown to keep firing off the dribble and barreling to the rim.
  — Julian Benbow, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
• An officer on the scene fired off a single shot, the release said.
  — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2024
• In the first season, Ava fires off a tweet about an anti-gay senator that gets her fired and kicks off the events of the show.
  — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 23 May 2024
• No quarters necessary, just press the start button and fire off the first steel ball.
  — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2025
• In response, the cop drew his weapon and fired off one shot at the approaching car, hitting no one.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
• Pointing their muzzles in the air, soldiers fire off rounds.
  — James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• The result is that the shooters often have time to fire off rounds and leave the area before the police arrive.
  — Phil Matier, SFChronicle.com, 25 Oct. 2020
• Eight Patriots fired off aces with Elly Fang coming off the bench and lead the team with five.
  — Craig J. Clary, Baltimore Sun, 9 Nov. 2024
• According to one of the people, Bessent fired off points so rapidly, her note-taking aide struggled to keep up.
  — Toru Fujioka, Bloomberg, 11 May 2026
• The Wolves fired off quick shots offensively and struggled to run back on defense.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 7 May 2026
• Anderson had fired off two rounds, striking a man officers assumed to be the suspect.
  — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 5 May 2026
• Or juicy rumors and/or scandals to fire off texts about.
  — Chris Branch, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
• Secret Service and other lawyer enforcement fired off their guns too, and Allen was quickly brought down alive.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 27 Apr. 2026