How to Use gunfire in a Sentence

gunfire

noun
  • We heard gunfire in the distance.
  • No one was struck by the gunfire.
    — City News Service, Oc Register, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The clerk was not hit by gunfire.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 27 May 2026
  • The man was not struck by the gunfire.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
  • No one else was struck by the gunfire.
    — Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Then gunfire and bombs lit up the night sky.
    — Edie Kasten, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • The dog was struck by gunfire and died.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • No one was hit by those bouts of gunfire.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Let peace echo, not gunfire, one read.
    — Christopher Spata, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The man and the child were struck by the gunfire.
    — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • This is not a random act of gunfire.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 May 2026
  • Every one of them was killed by gunfire.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • One male driver was struck by that gunfire.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Carter was the only one of the three who was struck by gunfire.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The suspect in this case, he was not struck by gunfire.
    — ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • No one else was injured by gunfire.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The gunfire came from across the street, police said.
    — Dallas Morning News, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Two fire stations were struck by gunfire.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • Two women, two teenage boys and two teenage girls were struck by gunfire.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 24 Feb. 2026
  • As the sun rose, gunfire could be heard in the eastern part of the town.
    — New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Four people were struck by gunfire.
    — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • Their joy was cut short when the other team failed to cross and died in gunfire.
    — Esther Kang, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Fighting is so far from the city that no gunfire can be heard, even at night.
    — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2022
  • His cousin was among the six slain, along with a schoolgirl hit by stray gunfire.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
  • But the sounds of gunfire could be heard as the fire alarms blared in the background.
    — Dakin Andone, CNN, 7 June 2023
  • Bahrami was hit by the gunfire and fell to the ground with the knife still in his hands.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Elliott kicked the door in and was met by a barrage of gunfire.
    — Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 20 Feb. 2026
  • Two were killed in the gunfire and another two died in the fire.
    — David Matthews, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Two were killed in the gunfire and another two died in the fire.
    — David Matthews, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • There were reports of gunfire in the area prior to the blaze.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 12 Oct. 2022

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