How to Use gunfire in a Sentence

gunfire

noun
  • We heard gunfire in the distance.
  • But the sounds of gunfire could be heard as the fire alarms blared in the background.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN, 7 June 2023
  • The two young brothers were wounded in the leg by the gunfire.
    — Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • At some point, the explosions and gunfire will stop, and the war in the Gaza Strip will end.
    — Daniel Byman, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2024
  • There were reports of gunfire in the area prior to the blaze.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The sound of gunfire erupts, and one of the glass panels shatters.
    — Washington Post, 23 Apr. 2022
  • The gunfire and explosions in The Dark Knight were full of bite and thump.
    — PCMAG, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Malachi was the third teen under age 18, and the youngest, to be killed by gunfire this year.
    — Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2022
  • The videos appeared to include the sounds of heavy gunfire.
    — Camilla Alcini, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2024
  • When the gunfire stopped, blood and bodies littered the dance floor.
    — Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Their joy was cut short when the other team failed to cross and died in gunfire.
    — Esther Kang, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The two other children in the car, ages 4 and 5, were not hit by gunfire.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The sound of gunfire caused a scare at the station during busy rush hour.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • He was also shot in the left knee and right calf by the gunfire from Carlson and Del Toro.
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The parents in the car said their daughter was struck by gunfire.
    — CBS News, 10 Apr. 2023
  • At about the seven-minute mark of the video, the second round of gunfire occurs.
    — David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Many of them meet twice a week to play for two hours as the rat-tat-tat of gunfire echoes across Port-au-Prince.
    — Evens Sanon and Dánica Coto, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Oct. 2023
  • In video recorded as the first bursts of gunfire sounded, Aldean stops singing, then flees the stage.
    — Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023
  • His cousin was among the six slain, along with a schoolgirl hit by stray gunfire.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The crackle of gunfire and crump of tank fire ever present.
    — ABC News, 5 Nov. 2023
  • Fighting is so far from the city that no gunfire can be heard, even at night.
    — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022
  • The bus driver pulled the bus away in an attempt to get away from the gunfire, police said.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The previous year, gunfire claimed the lives of 12 students.
    — Joshua Q. Nelson, Fox News, 2 June 2023
  • Audio from the bodycam picks up the sound of gunfire from the first incident.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 16 June 2023
  • During a brief gunfire fight, Sanchez shot Rivera in his pelvis.
    — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 23 Dec. 2022
  • School shootings and the rate of children and teens killed by gunfire both reached all-time highs since at least 1999.
    — James Bandler, ProPublica, 21 Nov. 2023
  • People live among rubble and dirt, and children wake to the sound of gunfire.
    — Diaa Ostaz, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2024
  • The city of Parkland warned residents that the sound of gunfire could last into the evening and be heard more than a mile from the school.
    — Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Officer Samuel Riveros was killed by the suspect's gunfire, the sheriff said.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 June 2025
  • Searching for the source of the gunfire, police came upon Baker, who said he and his friend had been fired on during a holdup attempt, and the friend, Hudson, had been wounded.
    — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 4 June 2025

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