How to Use firing squad in a Sentence

firing squad

noun
  • His stomach was pumped, and he was propped up before a firing squad.
    — Robert O. Paxton, Harper's Magazine, 17 Dec. 2023
  • At least one Ohio death-row inmate has asked to be put to death via firing squad.
    — Jeremy Pelzer, cleveland.com, 31 July 2019
  • Like there’s this kind of invisible firing squad around us at all times.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 22 July 2024
  • Bryant chose to die by firing squad over lethal injection and the electric chair last month.
    — Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 15 Nov. 2025
  • Bryant chose to die by firing squad over lethal injection and the electric chair last month.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Look at you, 10 years old, being asked to imagine a girl’s death via firing squad!
    — Gabra Zackman Emma Kehlbeck Ted Blaisdell, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Here is a look at the status of firing squads in the United States.
    — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Stalin was a man of gulags and firing squads, a poster villain for the dangers posed by despots.
    — Jeffrey Fleishman, latimes.com, 6 Mar. 2018
  • Each hopes to be spared by the figurative firing squad, but predictably, none will be.
    — Viet Thanh Nguyễn, Time, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Guests also encountered a firing squad, where black bags were placed over their heads and they were shot with small nerf balls.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The state, one of eight that still electrocute inmates, has yet to assemble a firing squad.
    — Meg Kinnard, Star Tribune, 6 June 2021
  • Parler did remove Wood's post calling on Pence to face a firing squad.
    — Grant Gross, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2021
  • The inmate, Ernest Johnson, had asked to instead be put to death by a firing squad.
    — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 24 May 2021
  • The plan is that he will either be electrocuted or shot to death by a firing squad — the state leaves the option up to him.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The state’s switch to the firing squad takes effect in July 2026.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Batthyány was executed by firing squad.
    — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2026
  • When asked what the most humane way to execute someone would be, Lain’s answer is the firing squad.
    — Dana G. Smith, Scientific American, 23 Sep. 2022
  • If the court rejects the appeals, two British men and a Moroccan could face a firing squad.
    — Maria Grazia Murru, BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2022
  • Mahdi will be strapped to a chair 15 feet from three prison employees who volunteered to be on the firing squad.
    — Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The identities of all firing squad members will be confidential, per state law.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2026
  • Those included one that said Woodall and her staff should be put in front of a firing squad, Woodall testified.
    — Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 19 Mar. 2024
  • If convicted she could be executed by firing squad.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 25 June 2026
  • One of the Aarons photographs captured the moment that the firing squad had aimed at one of its prisoners.
    — Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 28 May 2021
  • Stan and Ollie join the Foreign Legion and wind up scheduled for a firing squad.
    — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • Another bill that would have allowed executions by firing squad was voted down in the House.
    — Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 30 Jan. 2026
  • South Carolina has put prisoners to death by by firing squad twice in 2025.
    — Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The retrofit allows the prison to conduct executions by both firing squad and lethal injection.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The bill designates firing squads as the primary method of execution.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • Lawmakers allowed a firing squad to be added in 2021, as part of the same law that restarted the state's use of the electric chair.
    — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • If the bill becomes law, Indiana will join five other states where execution by firing squad is legal.
    — Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 6 Jan. 2026

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