How to Use gunfight in a Sentence

gunfight

noun

• There was a gunfight between the rival gangs.
• The scene is as tense as the gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2021
• When the lieutenant went to the back of the house, a gunfight erupted.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2021
• The tale of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in 1881 has been told many times on both the big and small screen.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Mar. 2022
• One man died at the scene and the gunfight survivor took off.
  — David J. Neal, miamiherald, 27 June 2017
• During the gunfight, the 7-year-old girl was grazed by a bullet to her back.
  — Jane Morice | [e-mail], cleveland.com, 11 Aug. 2019
• One deputy was hit in the face with shrapnel during the gunfight.
  — Rene Ray De La Cruz, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2022
• And maybe that was the idea all along: to tug at our sense of frustration in between the jokes and the gunfights.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 12 July 2019
• Two sheriff's deputies were shot in the gunfight, and one later died.
  — Katie Shepherd, Anchorage Daily News, 17 June 2020
• The conflict led to a gunfight at the corner of 4th and J Streets in Sacramento.
  — Hanh Truong, Sacramento Bee, 28 Apr. 2024
• Keller was shot in the chest during the gunfight and later died from his injuries.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024
• In the comics, Eric dies with no warning at all, shot in the head in the thick of the gunfight, right in front of his longtime boyfriend Aaron.
  — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2017
• The shooter dies at the scene after a gunfight with police.
  — Cnn Library, CNN, 20 Aug. 2019
• The Stop and Go last year was the scene of a gunfight inside the store that killed a teen bystander and wounded two others.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 8 May 2022
• During the April 2013 gunfight with the marathon bombers, Pugliese came face to face with Tamerlan Tsarnaev.
  — NBC News, 1 June 2021
• My draw to it isn't the gunfight, my draw is how people talk to each other and the type of characters.
  — Samantha Stutsman, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023
• All of a sudden, a gunfight broke out, and Ayala was hit with a stray bullet.
  — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 19 Sep. 2022
• Ron Helus, who engaged in a gunfight with the assailant, and 18 injured.
  — Stephanie Lai, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2020
• All of them would be like bringing a Super Soaker to a gunfight.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Feb. 2020
• After the gunfight, the officer walked back to his squad and saw three bullet holes in his squad car.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2018
• Here, the argument is that seat belts will slow cops down and put them at greater risk in a surprise gunfight.
  — Stuart Schrader, The New Republic, 27 May 2021
• The home caught fire during the gunfight, and a deputy was wounded, officials said.
  — Antonio Planas, NBC News, 27 Apr. 2023
• Lawless lands, bloody gunfights, danger, and dust (lots of it) are promised in each of its nine (and counting) episodes.
  — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
• The filming will involve large amounts of action and gunfight scenes.
  — Vivienne Chow, Variety, 8 June 2022
• There is not a single gunfight in Far Cry 5 that does anything to convince the player to care.
  — Julie Muncy, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2018
• According to the Phoenix New Times, more than 100 bullets were fired after a gunfight broke out at the rink.
  — Michelle Ailport, The Arizona Republic, 21 Apr. 2021
• The bust quickly turned to chaos after police shot a pitbull and sparked a gunfight.
  — St. John Barned-Smith and Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 4 Dec. 2019
• No one wants to be the guy in a gunfight with only a knife (or a flashlight or an extra thick writing pen).
  — Tim MacWelch, Outdoor Life, 4 Nov. 2020
• However, the report does not say who killed the McDaniels, only that there was a gunfight.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 6 Sep. 2024
• There is a gunfight sequence, glimpsed in the trailer for Tubi‘s 90-minute Wynonna: Earp Vengeance special, that in full is pretty damn cool.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Dec 2024