How to Use gunfight in a Sentence

gunfight

noun
Definition of gunfightnext
  • 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 | [email protected], 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
  • Cell phone video by someone inside captured the start of the gunfight.
    — Doug Criss, CNN, 1 June 2017
  • 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 | [email protected], 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
  • Cline noted that the first gunfight in the film, set in front of a saloon, was among the most tricky to get right in terms of color and lighting.
    — Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
  • 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
  • Smiley Allen Martin was freed from prison two months before the deadly gunfight, serving five years of a 10-year sentence before his release.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 8 June 2024

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