How to Use rapid-fire in a Sentence
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At the time, rifles were used largely by hunters, and hunters did not want a rapid-fire gun.
—Emily Witt, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2023
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The answer came as part of a round of rapid-fire questions from host DeGeneres.
—Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
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Trump, a rapid-fire lie machine, did his usual song and dance.
—Oliver Darcy, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023
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The jokes come at you so rapid-fire this time, even more than in the first two Deadpools, that one viewing is way not enough.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 23 July 2024
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Get to know Jordan by reading this rapid-fire Q-and-A below.
—Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2024
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But just a few miles from the bars and seafood cafes, Maribel Sandí was startled awake by rapid-fire, metallic bursts.
—Mary Beth Sheridan, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2023
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So the coach went back to Andrews, whose four points in rapid-fire fashion pulled the Bruins to within 32-23 at halftime.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2024
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Paramount Global has had an uphill climb amid the rapid-fire changes in the pay TV eco-system during the past decade.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 30 Dec. 2023
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The ubiquitous rapid-fire gun shots go on all day long, six days a week, residents say.
—Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
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Prepare to be swept away by irresistible charm and rapid-fire banter as the play unfolds.
—The Hub, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2023
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And then the whole attempt to grab some funny answers with rapid-fire questions just nosedives at warp speed.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Feb. 2024
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Even the rapid-fire credits sequence that opens the film was meant to evoke the tough-guy procedurals of yesteryear.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 Nov. 2023
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Like some of the rapid-fire lyrics, the jumble of backstory may also seem arcane for those not familiar with the plot.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 20 June 2024
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The pair’s rapid-fire dialogue and odd-couple chemistry give a real sense of fun to the proceedings.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 6 June 2024
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Stephanopoulos mostly lived up to the challenge, asking rapid-fire, biting questions that did not let Biden off the hook.
—Hadas Gold, CNN, 6 July 2024
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This is a tall order in the rapid-fire digital economy.
—Mark Minevich, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
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My Man Godfrey is a gem of the screwball era, a social satire with rapid-fire witty dialogue.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2024
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In a rapid-fire text message chain, the producers kept each other informed on who had just arrived and were racing to the doors.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 11 Mar. 2024
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Wachtel says Nicks made a demo with Kunkel’s drum part, but the guitar part — with its rapid-fire chugging — was being done with an echo.
—Erin Osmon, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2023
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Colbert asked Nolan about his phone and email usage during a rapid-fire barrage of questions.
—EW.com, 8 Feb. 2024
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The same week, the court struck down a Trump-era gun restriction, a ban on rapid-fire gun accessories known as bump stocks, a win for gun-rights advocates.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 27 June 2024
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And his rapid-fire raps can still excite his concert audiences.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
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This fatigue-resistant muscle allows the fish to make lots of rapid-fire percussive sounds in a row.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2024
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Without the closed captioning, viewers may not have been able to understand the rapid-fire word mangles spilling from Mr. Biden’s mouth.
—Kenneth L. Khachigian, wsj.com, 7 May 2023
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At the other Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the points often finish rapid-fire.
—Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 6 June 2023
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Soon, Goyo’s rapid-fire lyrics take center stage, matching the song’s intensity.
—Jessica Roiz, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2024
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The resulting score is just that, a collection of rapid-fire instrumentals that throb and gallop like a ball being whizzed across the court.
—Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 19 Apr. 2024
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That, plus the rapid-fire sequence of burns during the rendezvous, likely contributed to the observed performance.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 25 July 2024
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The star answered rapid-fire culinary questions in the social media video and shared other foodie facts about herself.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 30 Nov. 2023
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Noah kicked things off with an over-excited, rapid-fire set of the usual jokes about big stars in the room along with some general music-industry news.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2024
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