How to Use fired in a Sentence

fired

adjective

• People who get fired need unemployment insurance so they don't get evicted or starve.
  — Ryan Cooper, TheWeek, 12 Mar. 2020
• But a ground ball to Corbin was cleanly fielded and the 8-year-old fired to first base to keep the damage at 1-0.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 17 June 2019
• And this year, an unknown person fired shots at the office of Nagel, injuring no one but leaving bullet holes in the window.
  — Morgan Meaker, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2017
• From fired to founder AI tech founder Jessie Schofer got laid off just 17 days after having a baby.
  — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
• The offenders, described as being between 19 and 25 years old, fired multiple shots and fled on foot.
  — Howard Ludwig, Daily Southtown, 13 Apr. 2018
• One worker at the dealership got into a car and chased after Sandrone, who police allege fired bullets at the man while both continued to drive.
  — Josh Magness, miamiherald, 29 Mar. 2018