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 -
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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