How to Use fired in a Sentence

fired

adjective
  • With the shot clock on, Reeves ran out from behind the net and fired top shelf at 12:36.
    Hartford Courant, courant.com, 6 May 2018
  • The last time Britain went a week without coal was in 1882, when the first coal-fired plant opened in London.
    Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 10 May 2019
  • But a ground ball to Corbin was cleanly fielded and the 8-year-old fired to first base to keep the damage at 1-0.
    Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 17 June 2019
  • As the fired singers and management squared off, inside the diner, the show has gone on.
    Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2017
  • A fired cartridge case from a shotgun shell was also found in the kitchen of her Newark home.
    USA TODAY, 17 May 2017
  • Lewis said all three fired service weapons, two with rifles and the third with a handgun.
    Lurissa Carbajal, azcentral, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Officers searched the man’s SUV in the parking lot and found two teeth and a fired bullet casing.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 13 Jan. 2020
  • If convicted, the fired officer faces up to life in prison.
    Darran Simon, CNN, 21 Sep. 2019
  • Six shell casings and three fired bullets were recovered from the scene.
    Kim Geiger, chicagotribune.com, 10 Nov. 2019
  • How many times they are pan-fired and how long they are wrapped depends on the tea maker, but this process can last three to four days, says Richardson.
    Adele Jackson-Gibson, Good Housekeeping, 1 Nov. 2022
  • There has been some hand-wringing about the fired men: that a mass of male talent is departing the industry.
    Audie Cornish, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2018
  • The goal is to help the firing school decrease its buyout cost, while still making the fired coach financially whole for the full $1 million.
    Steve Berkowitz, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2019
  • The team has begun paring down and adding to its list of candidates to replace fired manager Andy Green.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Police found bloody clothing, the gun, and a fired cartridge case in a bag after Kankam’s wife tried to throw them away, according to court filings.
    Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2019
  • But the real innovation was the addition of a small tube to redirect the gas from fired cartridges.
    Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • And this year, an unknown person fired shots at the office of Nagel, injuring no one but leaving bullet holes in the window.
    Morgan Meaker, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2017
  • The offenders, described as being between 19 and 25 years old, fired multiple shots and fled on foot.
    Howard Ludwig, Daily Southtown, 13 Apr. 2018
  • But the fired Maryland corrections officer wasn’t out of uniform for long.
    USA Today, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Kemp appeared to hesitate for a moment, then wrapped her arms around the fired police officer.
    Paul J. Weber and Jake Bleiberg, chicagotribune.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Several cars in the area were also hit multiple times by fired rounds, court documents said.
    Chelsea Curtis, azcentral, 24 Mar. 2020
  • The Appellate Court ruling has opened the floodgates for lawsuits from fired sheriff’s officers — at least 16 lawsuits have been filed since last year.
    Steve Schmadeke, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2018
  • In fact, her capacity to telegraph — even predict — truth is likely what got her fired (uh, compelled her to resign).
    Rhonda Garelick, The Cut, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Don’t worry, the waiters are accustomed to this repeat, rapid-fired burger bingeing.
    Andrew Knowlton, Bon Appetit, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Connecticut is firing a coach for cause, and Pittsburgh may be trying to use a for-cause firing as leverage to get its fired coach to accept a lower buyout.
    Andy Staples, SI.com, 12 Mar. 2018
  • Extra-large extractors grab the shell's rim for positive extraction and ejection of fired hulls.
    John Taylor, Outdoor Life, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The fired officer, Derek Chauvin, faces murder and manslaughter charges.
    oregonlive, 2 June 2020
  • The fired Google engineer who authored a sexist memo about the company’s hiring practices is suing.
    Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2018
  • One worker at the dealership got into a car and chased after Sandrone, who police allege fired bullets at the man while both continued to drive.
    Josh Magness, miamiherald, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The wide-ranging internal investigation was prompted by a tip from a woman once involved with one of the fired troopers.
    Christian Boone, ajc, 29 Jan. 2020
  • Using evidence gathered by Franklin's crew, McGlathery got a warrant for the fired warden's arrest.
    Ashley Remkus, AL.com, 27 Apr. 2018

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