Firing

Examples

• When you hear firing, he said, come with the horses. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• The Dutch fleet, frozen in the Texel, surrendered to a handful of cavalry without firing its guns. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• In a moment they saw him, and then me; but scarcely had they discovered me than I commenced firing, lying flat upon my belly in the moss. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• The others all were firing. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• We heard the firing and confusion very plainly here; we none of us slept. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The enemy ceased firing as soon as we withdrew. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• It suggested that at the time of the firing, the window as well as the door of the room had been open. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Just then they all heard firing start down the road where Pablo was holding the post he had taken. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Hay and straw were stored in that portion of the place, fagots for firing, and a heap of apples in sand. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Then there was firing! Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• We heard firing ahead of us. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• But suppose it was you, way back here in your own country and they held you up with firing on the main road. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Just then the firing doubled in intensity and in it was the heavy bumping of the hand grenades. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• If you hear firing bring them up to the woods behind the gap. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• After loading the pawls are tripped, and the greater gravity of the counterweight raises the gun to firing position again. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.

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