How to Use under fire in a Sentence

under fire

phrase

• My father, who had been flying under fire without complaint, lost it.
  — Mahsa Alimardani, Time, 6 July 2026
• Angels owner Arte Moreno has come under fire since the team has not made the playoffs since 2014.
  — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
• The answer rests in part on strong institutions and steady economic management, a central bank and a government that held the macro-economy together under fire.
  — Frayda Leibtag, Time, 13 July 2026
• Casualty evacuation has also become common, although such missions require careful planning under fire.
  — David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• Dru-Ann Jones (Regina Hall) is a college friend and a sports agent who is under fire for publicly dismissing one of her clients who wanted to take a break from playing soccer to focus on mental health.
  — Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 9 July 2026
• Acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez celebrated the rescue on social media at a time that her government has come under fire for what many Venezuelans say has been an inadequate crisis response.
  — ABC News, 2 July 2026
• Around 2 million people were under fire alerts Monday across the Four Corners states — Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah — as well as parts of Wyoming, South Dakota and Nebraska.
  — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 29 June 2026