How to Use firing line in a Sentence

firing line

noun

• Most of the day will be driving from camp to the fire line and then working.
  — Noah Davis, Popular Mechanics, 2015-10-14
• Mast and her neighbors on the intact side of the fire line have learned that well in the past six months.
  — San Francisco Chronicle, 2018-04-05
• Eight bulldozers carved out fire lines around the buildings.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 2019-11-02
• But the constant rapid-fire line of movies shooting never happened.
  — Gabrielle Russon, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2018-06-14
• But a few feet from the fire line, at DiStanislao's house, even the grass was spared.
  — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 2017-10-13
• Helicopters and aircraft were making night drops along the fire line in a fight to protect homes.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 2019-10-28
• Among them is a driver whose truck overturned while delivering water to the fire lines.
  — CBS News, 2017-10-17
• But on the fire lines, the serious work of fighting the flames and doing so unscathed was the order of the day.
  — latimes.com, 2017-12-26
• The fire lines also continue to contain the fire, Mr. Bischof added.
  — Kate Linebaugh, WSJ, 2018-11-22
• Being silent can damage your company’s image, but speaking up might put you in the firing line.
  — Jennifer Acree, Forbes, 2022-08-12
• Turkey has warned Syria to retreat to the cease-fire lines that were agreed in 2018.
  — Washington Post, 2020-02-10
• Those dreams, that long wait, could be dashed next week if the federation decides to take China out of the firing line.
  — New York Times, 2021-10-28
• However, if Matt LaFleur plays them and someone gets hurt, the coach will be on the firing line.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 2022-01-04
• Light rain and snow fell across the area mid-week, helping the nearly 700 fire personnel gain ground and strengthen fire lines.
  — Jason Pohl, azcentral, 2018-05-03
• The Houston hottie delivers fire line after line, all while beating down a group of bad guys in a splashy funhouse.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 2020-01-13
• Fred fell off his horse, grabbed his .35 Magnum, and came charging up to the firing line like a Patton tank.
  — Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 2024-05-02
• The heroic act puts both Rickey and Robinson in the firing line of the public, the press and other players.
  — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 2022-09-22
• This year, public health officials are in the firing line for attempting to save American lives.
  — Tara John and Eliza MacKintosh, CNN, 2020-11-06
• But for the thousands of Ukrainians who either can’t leave or refuse to leave homes in the firing line, there is no end in sight to the waking nightmare of war.
  — Richard Engel, NBC News, 2023-02-11
• Anything that gets No. 1 netminder Alexandar Georgiev away from the crease and out of the firing line.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 2024-04-22
• The reporters and editors on the firing line that fateful morning in 1944 went on to greater things in the postwar world.
  — Jim Minter, ajc, 2018-06-06
• Getting to the entrance requires traversing open ground in the direct firing line of the Burma Army outpost.
  — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 2023-04-16
• Republicans, meanwhile, are afraid of Donald Trump and his supporters and want to stay out of the firing line of both.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 2023-06-16
• Russian forces are air-striking cities all over Ukraine, with countless civilians in the firing line, as people flee the capital in Kyiv.
  — Justin Sherman, Wired, 2022-02-24
• About 201 firefighters have been on the scene, using engines and bulldozers to attempt to cut a fire line, Shearer said.
  — Mike Carter, The Seattle Times, 2019-07-22
• David Kenny, 60, the chief executive of Nielsen, is on the firing line and will have to prove to clients his company is evolving with the times.
  — Stephen Battaglio Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2021-12-13
• The San Jose goalkeeper found himself in the firing line often closing out the first 45 minutes but was up to the task of keeping the partial shutout.
  — Dallas News, 2021-09-12
• While crews on the fire lines got a break from slightly calmer winds, much of the rest of southern California was buffeted by powerful gusts that once again increased the wildfire risk across the region.
  — Christopher Weber, The Christian Science Monitor, 2017-12-19
• The fire is contained and motorists are advised to drive carefully near the Altamont area as crews reinforce fire lines and mop up, according to Cal Fire.
  — Leonardo Castañeda, The Mercury News, 2019-07-06
• While the panel members passed around the Annie B’s caramels and poured themselves some Ripple refills, there were storage shelves filled with items waiting for their turn on the Barons food firing line.
  — Karla Peterson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2017-09-09