How to Use unfired in a Sentence

unfired

adjective
  • The barrel ejectors clear empty hulls, but will only lift unfired shells.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 15 June 2020
  • Many original houses—hundreds of years old, made of unfired clay brick, with upturned eaves—remain.
    — National Geographic, 14 Mar. 2019
  • Jurors viewed photos of the casings and unfired bullets the detective found on the bed and floor at the scene that led him to this scenario.
    — Becky Jacobs, Post-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The unfired bullet casings had inscriptions, Cox said.
    — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 13 Sep. 2025
  • They are gathered around a long table in the center of the luminescent factory, where a stack of unfired plates sit waiting to be adorned.
    — Julia Sherman, Vogue, 10 May 2018
  • Goodwill also gave police five different kinds of unfired ammunition, which had been turned in over time, the report said.
    — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The other part consists of two sculptural columns made of thin wooden strips partly covered with soft-looking blobs of purplish unfired clay.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The exhibition’s principal and most moving work consists of thousands of unfired clay beads that have been strung in a labyrinthine pattern from the ceiling.
    — Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2021
  • Kannauj produces these, as well as the dramatic attar mitti, which evokes the scent of earth after a rainfall and is made with shards of unfired Ganges clay.
    — Rachna Sachasinh, National Geographic , 4 Jan. 2021
  • Four slug shell casings and an unfired buckshot round were found by a gas pump, while six 10mm shell casings were discovered where the Impala had been.
    — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 1 Dec. 2021
  • But those conclusions were made only by comparing the unfired bullet to shell casings later fired from Allen's pistol.
    — Ron Wilkins, The Indianapolis Star, 12 Nov. 2024
  • In 10-percent ordnance gelatin, this bullet will penetrate as deep as two feet, and the front portion will expand to twice the width of the unfired bullet.
    — Richard Mann, Field & Stream, 25 Dec. 2020
  • Stanton Hunter's unfired clay bowls, for instance, will collapse over the course of the show, spurred along by the water droplets deposited in them by visitors.
    — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • With his body belted to an elastic training bungee cord, Xavier made panicked marks on the gallery’s white walls with unfired clay molded into the shape of Olympic weight plates.
    — Lillian Davies, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
  • Firefighters will let a fire burning at an outdoor gun range in southern Colorado burn out on its own due to concerns of unfired ammunition cooking off.
    — Austen Erblat, CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
  • Authorities also revealed bizarre engravings on unfired shell casings recovered at the scene.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Authorities also revealed bizarre engravings on unfired shell casings recovered at the scene.
    — Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • To create uniform controls for robot tests, Rober and his team made their own rocks out of unfired clay (the clay discs easily dried in the sun, and dissolved in water under 30 mins).
    — Laura Yan, Popular Mechanics, 4 Aug. 2018
  • Ceramicists abandoned their workshops under the Hippodrome, leaving unfired pottery in their haste.
    — Durrie Bouscaren, NPR, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The blended wing body design basically looks like a traditional tube and wing aircraft if the plane were made out of unfired clay and someone stepped on it, smushing the fuselage and wing into a single, thick body.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 9 July 2022
  • Investigators have alleged an unfired bullet at the crime scene was ejected from Allen's semiautomatic pistol.
    — Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 20 May 2024
  • Multiple unfired cartridges were found inside the shelving units of the headboard, and additional ammunition was located inside a dresser.
    — Hannah Kirby, USA TODAY, 27 Feb. 2023
  • In most of the incidents, the suspect used marbles or unfired bullets, said Kyle Andersen, a public information specialist for the sheriff’s office.
    — Erika Butler, baltimoresun.com, 7 June 2019
  • In excavating Pompeii, archaeologists discovered kilns full of unfired terra-cotta vases beneath mountains of ash.
    — Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Haig’s fingerprints were found on unfired bullets in Paddock’s hotel suite, and ammunition also bore tool marks consistent with Haig’s reloading equipment, authorities said.
    — Washington Post, 30 June 2020
  • After noticing the patio door open at a nearby apartment, officers found a handgun magazine, gun cleaning brushes and an unfired handgun cartridge scattered on the floor of the hallway inside, according to charging documents.
    — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2024
  • An additional six unfired cartridges were attached with Velcro to the shotgun in a detachable ammunition carrier, and the defendant possessed another ten unfired cartridges in a small leather bag.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Authorities said Haig’s fingerprints were found on unfired tracer and armor-piercing bullets in the high-rise hotel suite from which shooter Stephen Paddock rained gunfire into an open-air concert crowd before killing himself.
    — Ken Ritter, azcentral, 13 Nov. 2019
  • One of the unfired bullet casings authorities are saying was found with the gun used in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk is apparently inscribed with lyrics from a famous, old Italian anti-fascist anthem.
    — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Magdolene Dykstra, a second-generation Egyptian Canadian, works in unfired clay to create sophisticated sculpture paintings.
    — Briana Miller, oregonlive, 12 Jan. 2021

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