How to Use firing in a Sentence

firing

noun
  • She was not asked about her firing.
    — Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Three months had passed since her firing.
    — E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The sound of a gun firing could be heard.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • Read more about Noem's firing here.
    — Stephanie Stremplewski, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Those firings have been at will, with no cause given.
    — Dan Gooding gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
  • The deputy is then seen pointing his weapon and firing.
    — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • No further firings are planned for now, two of the sources said.
    — Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Kimmel faces calls for his firing, again.
    — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
  • His firing was upheld in court.
    — Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2026
  • No firings have yet been announced.
    — Nik Popli, Time, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Some speakers called for her firing.
    — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The firing of Melvin does not come as much of a surprise.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Changing a firing pin can take three or four minutes.
    — ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Picard trained as a lanyard man, the puller of the firing cord.
    — Kevin Maurer, The Atlantic, 6 June 2026
  • But why would stocks sell off based on Powell’s firing in the first place?
    — Michael Foster, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
  • Maybe there will be more firings and openings before long.
    — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Even then, this wave of coach firings was somewhat predictable.
    — Noah White, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2025
  • Don’t call him a scapegoat; the firing is deserved.
    — Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • The firing pins are encased inside the bolt.
    — ABC News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • After his firing, which coaches are atop that list?
    — Jordy Fee-Platt, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Print on clay, create with clay, and learn about the firing and wheel-throwing process.
    — Kristine Sorensen, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The Supreme Court has blocked Cook’s firing for now.
    — Christopher Rugaber, Fortune, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Is this just the brain trying to make sense of random neural firing?
    — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Yelling for firings is as much a part of fan culture as buying a jersey.
    — Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Students who were up and braving the cold were still talking about the firing.
    — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 16 Jan. 2022
  • The two sides are now locked in arbitration over her firing.
    — Scott Pham, CBS News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • The employees have appealed their firings and their place on the list.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Twombly went back and forth on the weight of the report in Wilson’s firing.
    — Virginia Langmaid, CNN, 7 Apr. 2022
  • When the firing resumed, bullets hit the dirt berm, often far off the mark.
    — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 17 Aug. 2022
  • There was never a good reason given for the firing.
    — Joe Vardon, New York Times, 6 May 2026

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