How to Use firefight in a Sentence

firefight

noun

• The firefight then moves to the second and third floors.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 27 Apr. 2021
• And then in the final episode, the cat gets shot in a firefight.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
• The suspects fled the scene of the firefight in a silver Audi.
  — Fox News, 29 July 2022
• Within an hour, a crew of about 50 firefights put out the blaze.
  — Gabriel San Román, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• During the firefight, weather radar picked up the black-gray smoke from the fire.
  — Glenn E. Rice katy Bergen matt Campbell robert A. Cronkleton toriano Porter, kansascity.com, 20 June 2017
• But the attempt to arrest him turned into a fierce firefight on the streets of the city.
  — Ray Sanchez, CNN, 31 Oct. 2019
• But guards heard or spotted the raiders and a fierce firefight lighted up the night.
  — W.j. Hennigan, latimes.com, 25 May 2017
• Allen, who was shot in the head during the firefight, survived.
  — Jim Michaels, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2017
• Homen was also killed in the firefight, the DA's office said.
  — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 5 June 2021
• But the moisture from the storm ended up aiding in the firefight.
  — Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 11 Sep. 2022
• In the tenth hour of a firefight with the Taliban, he was badly wounded.
  — Christa Case Bryant, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 July 2019
• As the noise from the rotors faded, the firefight began.
  — Tristan McConnell, GQ, 16 Apr. 2018
• The couple were killed later that day in a firefight with the police.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2020
• Keils lived, but in the firefight, his 16-year-old son was struck four times and died two days later.
  — al, 16 Jan. 2022
• By the end of the firefight, Mr. Anderson and Ms. Graham were found dead.
  — New York Times, 17 Dec. 2019
• Johnson were retrieved a few hours after the firefight on the evening of Oct. 4.
  — Dan Lamothe, Washington Post, 10 May 2018
• Its crew chief was killed and the others captured after a firefight on the beach.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2022
• The navy said its forces had engaged in a firefight with gunmen, who then fled.
  — Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
• This line has not moved in more than five months, but firefights are frequent.
  — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2023
• A few weeks after the firefight, Noor was reassigned, and the two men split ways.
  — Drew F. Lawrence, CNN, 22 Jan. 2022
• Kononov was killed in a firefight for a steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2022
• The firefight ended when Neal killed himself with a shot above his left eye.
  — Dale Kasler, Anita Chabria and Ryan Sabalow, sacbee, 13 Apr. 2018
• Many of the soldiers Gabe fought with that day were still in Afghanistan, and Bob's knowledge of the firefight was still somewhat sketchy.
  — Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 27 May 2018
• Many of the soldiers Gabe fought with that day were still in Afghanistan, and Bob’s knowledge of the firefight was still somewhat sketchy.
  — Greg Jaffe, Washington Post, 25 May 2018
• In the streets of the neighborhood, a firefight was picking up, and the clatter of machine guns echoed about.
  — Andrew E. Kramer Nicole Tung, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2023
• The day after Dan was killed, my platoon fought a twelve-hour firefight from its rooftop.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Esquire, 23 Mar. 2017
• In the middle of a frantic firefight, this is way too unwieldy.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 6 Dec. 2021
• Eubank has done it dozens of times, but in the past could rely on stealth and the agility of small numbers in the event of a firefight.
  — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2023
• Crews are actively engaged in the firefight and working to construct control lines from both the air and the ground.
  — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 3 July 2024
• But Washington withdrew its forces after 18 soldiers were killed in a chaotic firefight.
  — John Mueller, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024