How to Use fire back in a Sentence

fire back

verb
  • Agents fired back at Allen, who was not struck.
    — Peter D'abrosca , Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Lew said more than one officer fired back.
    — Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 1 June 2026
  • And Israel has been firing back hard.
    — Greg Dixon, NPR, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Brown, for his part, fired back at the critics on social media.
    — Tony Jones, New York Times, 2 July 2026
  • Reed fired back, prompting a third person to join the gunfight.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Oakley fired back with a defamation lawsuit.
    — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 June 2026
  • Franks then allegedly pulled out a gun and fired at officers, who fired back.
    — Ross Dimattei, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • Many ballet dancers and opera singers fired back at Chalamet.
    — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Police fired back, killing Madison.
    — Mike Toole, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Such has been the spread of Seedance videos that Hollywood has been quick to fire back.
    — Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 16 Feb. 2026
  • The driver took off on Belle Avenue, and the trooper did not fire back.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The officers then fired back at the suspect, shooting him once in the shoulder.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 29 Mar. 2026
  • The trooper did not fire back, and the driver fled east on Belle Avenue.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Draymond fired back on his podcast, and Rivers has since responded.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 7 May 2026
  • Fernandes has been firing back.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 28 May 2026
  • The officer fell to the ground but fired back before he was rushed to a hospital and treated for his wounds.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • Hezbollah has fired back with a much smaller number of attacks on Israeli forces.
    — Greg Myre, NPR, 31 May 2026
  • In April, Donna fired back at a comment about her appearance.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 2 June 2026
  • Prosecutors say the officer fired back, striking the teen in the leg.
    — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Taylor's boyfriend at the time fired at the officers, and Taylor was killed as police fired back.
    — Dylan Lovan, Arkansas Online, 22 Mar. 2026
  • While most have been intercepted and no Gulf nation has fired back, the question now is, for how long?
    — CBS News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • And when are citizens justified in firing back?
    — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • Smith, obviously, wasn't going to let that go without firing back.
    — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
  • Atwood was firing back at would-be book-burners by torching an unburnable edition.
    — Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Hegseth fired back by questioning the congressman’s motives.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Two officers then fired back, killing Muse, police officials said.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Todd Chrisley fired back at critics of his pardon, claiming the outrage isn’t about justice at all.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Shiffrin kept firing back answers on another sparkling Cortina morning that was cold enough to keep the snow dry and hard.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Hegseth fires back at Warren’s insider trading comments tied to Iran war.
    — FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
  • Knowing Colton was accusing him of being a Traitor, Michael fired back.
    — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Jan. 2026

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