How to Use return fire in a Sentence

return fire

noun

• The trooper did not return fire.
  — Corky Siemaszko, NBC news, 26 Feb. 2026
• Sackett was able to return fire but did not hit any of the suspects.
  — Staff Reports, Hartford Courant, 17 Feb. 2025
• The deputy tried to take cover and retrieve his rifle to return fire.
  — Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
• Officers did not return fire and chased the car, police said.
  — Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2024
• The officers were not injured and did not return fire.
  — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 2 Mar. 2026
• Deputies did not return fire, and no injuries were reported.
  — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2025
• Davis said the shooter fired at officers, prompting them to return fire.
  — Austin Sanders, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
• Routh, who did not return fire, dashed to a black Nissan Xterra across the street.
  — Hannah Phillips, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
• In the other two, an officer was wounded and unable to return fire.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2023
• Officers did not return fire during the encounter with the suspect.
  — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 2 May 2026
• The suspect attempted to shoot again, prompting a service member on guard at the gate to pull out their gun and return fire.
  — CBS News, 17 Aug. 2024
• Police said the suspects fired into the home, prompting the homeowners to return fire, killing both men.
  — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
• Rougeau managed to return fire, killing Stine, according to police.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 18 June 2023
• The officer did not return fire, police said, because the streets were packed with pedestrians.
  — Rob Frehse, CNN, 10 Feb. 2024
• That's when the team were met with gunfire from inside, prompting one officer to return fire, Zak said.
  — Rey Covarrubias Jr, AZCentral.com, 25 Oct. 2025
• Officers did not return fire and the suspect was arrested, White said.
  — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2024
• But the Ukrainian artillery team positioned to return fire was unfazed.
  — Michael Schwirtz David Guttenfelder, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2023
• Officers did not return fire, and first responders were not harmed in the incident, police said.
  — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 13 Nov. 2025
• We are forced to return fire at military facilities in the border regions!
  — Christian Edwards, CNN, 14 Mar. 2024
• The agent began shooting at the armed man, and the gunman did not return fire, according to authorities.
  — Alana Wise, NPR, 19 Sep. 2024
• Murphy also managed to shoot Jensen before he was killed by officers’ return fire, police said.
  — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2024
• Sirens wail and gunshots pop in rapid succession in the background of the five-minute livestream as the two officers try to shield themselves behind the car and return fire.
  — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 3 May 2024
• Seoul's military said the soldiers returned north of the military demarcation line and did not return fire.
  — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
• The man struck Stallworth and started fighting with him, gaining control of the gun, tried to return fire and fled the scene, the affidavit states.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026
• According to the state’s attorney, the video shows the officers firing their weapons before taking return fire.
  — Jennifer Henderson, CNN, 29 Sep. 2023
• Even though he was hit several times, the trooper was able to return fire before the suspect got back in the truck and fled, according to Fifield.
  — Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 10 July 2026
• The officers return fire, fatally shooting Brice, Wells said.
  — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 25 June 2024
• Squinting through the flatulent fog, Absalom manages to return fire, planting a red-hot iron on Nicholas’s bum.
  — Literary Hub, 4 May 2026
• Shortly thereafter, Curtis can be seen firing at least once at the officers before the officers return fire.
  — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
• The Mayor’s political instinct when under attack is to return fire.
  — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2023