How to Use rapid-fire in a Sentence

rapid-fire

adjective
  • 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
  • The answer came as part of a round of rapid-fire questions from host DeGeneres.
    Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Trump, a rapid-fire lie machine, did his usual song and dance.
    Oliver Darcy, CNN, 18 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • Get to know Jordan by reading this rapid-fire Q-and-A below.
    Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The hosts kicked the show off with a rapid-fire word association game.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • The single finds the pair of lethal MCs passing the baton back-and-forth while spitting rapid-fire bars, one hotter than the next.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 30 Aug. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • The ubiquitous rapid-fire gun shots go on all day long, six days a week, residents say.
    Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • Messi came on as a substitute in the second half and stole the show with a rapid-fire hat-trick, netting three goals between the 78th and 89th minute.
    Sam Joseph, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The tracks have always given a glimpse of the softer, more vulnerable side of Em—a stark contrast to his fiery diss tracks and rapid-fire rhymes.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 3 Oct. 2024
  • This is a tall order in the rapid-fire digital economy.
    Mark Minevich, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Colbert asked Nolan about his phone and email usage during a rapid-fire barrage of questions.
    EW.com, 8 Feb. 2024
  • If a user asks rapid-fire questions, the AI can provide quick responses.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • And his rapid-fire raps can still excite his concert audiences.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Instead, the two actors take a rapid-fire trip down memory lane as Rogen prepares for his wedding.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024

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