How to Use firing in a Sentence

firing

noun

• In the time following the firing of Bob Knight, there seemed to be a split in the fan base.
  — Tyler Tachman, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2023
• That led to the Anti Defamation League to call for his firing.
  — Erin Mansfield, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2023
• The false charges filed against Jenkins and Parker were dropped at the time of the officers’ firing.
  — Emma Tucker, CNN, 17 Mar. 2024
• The employees have appealed their firings and their place on the list.
  — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
• On the list of the dumbest things the Padres have done — and that takes a forest of dead trees — there is no room at the top other than his firing.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 July 2023
• The hiring, and quick firing, represents one of those rare instances likely to unite the left and right — in anger.
  — David Bauder, Quartz, 26 Mar. 2024
• Her firing probably would be part of a third trial in the future.
  — Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023
• The firing patterns of place cells repeat about eight times per second in rats, forming what is called the theta rhythm.
  — Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 8 June 2023
• The governor’s office declined to give a reason for the firing and switch.
  — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Sep. 2023
• The statement did not specify who stole the funds from Ohtani and the Dodgers did not give an official reason for the firing.
  — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2024
• This is the first high-profile firing of Shanahan’s tenure.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2024
• The longtime anchor announced his firing from CNN in a tweet published on April 24.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 26 June 2023
• Washington Prep has overcome the firing of its coach after an 0-4 start to reach the final.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023
• The hazing scandal led to the firing of Pat Fitzgerald as the school’s longtime head football coach on July 10.
  — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
• Each layer is fired in a kiln, with the firing time precisely defined to the nearest second.
  — Carol Besler, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• Fox News has lost more than 50% of the 3 million-plus viewers who were watching Carlson in the hour, and has seen declines throughout prime time in the wake of his firing.
  — Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2023
• That triggered a new round of firings and an overhaul inside Halas Hall.
  — Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023
• Lin, who had joined Olsen in opposing the firing, resigned one day after the special meeting last month.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2023
• The feud came to a head earlier this year, when Synan came away from the Feb. 21 meeting believing his firing was imminent.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 26 Mar. 2024
• Cranston related Rauch’s firing of an actor who wasn’t working out during the play’s out-of-town run in Cambridge.
  — Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2024
• This test will culminate with a full eight-minute firing of the Vulcain 2.1 engine, representing the entire flight phase of the core stage.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 20 Oct. 2023
• By controlling the time between firing of the lasers, the scientists could produce spots smaller than the wavelengths of light used to create them.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Feb. 2024
• At a time when Bloom’s firing prompts a review of his track record, there’s truth to both characterizations.
  — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
• The two are known to have fallen out and his firing marked a political gamble for Zelensky.
  — Sophie Tanno, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
• But this year, the firings have continued throughout the week with a stunning series of twists—while the biggest question of all remains unanswered.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2024
• Commission President Tammy Lin, who was on the losing end of the vote, resigned from the panel hours after the firing.
  — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Sep. 2023
• Fans typically call for the firing of their home team’s coaches even before the billionaires in charge get wise.
  — Brady Leonard, Washington Examiner, 13 Jan. 2024
• His firing would have happened anyway, but Alberta’s piece sped it along.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 8 June 2023
• Indirect fire is when the weapon doing the firing cannot see the target, and uses physics and ballistic trajectories to hit the target.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 3 Aug. 2023
• The fallout led to Fitzgerald's firing on July 10 and several former athletes have filed lawsuits against the school.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024