Sentence examples for an initial volley from inspiring English sources

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There wasn't even an initial volley.

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Two of the attackers served as gunmen advancing on the victims, the police said, firing additional volleys after an initial fusillade as the soldiers collected their pizzas.

If that is the arrest described in the police statement, the footage does not support the written account, since there was no sign of anyone swinging a stick, and the initial volley of pepper spray was fired well before the police moved to take that person into custody.

Brian McCoy was the first to die, having been hit in the back by nine rounds from a 9mm Luger pistol in the initial volley of gunfire.

Kickstarter's initial volley might be a bit wooly, but if there's one thing the company has consistently been getting right, it's taking feedback and iterating quickly, so I'm excited to see where the Request for Projects might evolve.

A shot from the 18-pounder cannon destroyed the barricades at the front of the church, and Mexican soldiers entered the building after firing an initial musket volley.

Since that initial volley of questioning, the ISI has mounted a steady counter-campaign.

The warriors who survived the initial volley found cover and returned fire and a two-hour firefight ensued.

Twelve officers were killed by the initial volley, which froze the convoy in place.

Khalid must have literally skidded to a stop, as the murderers first fired automatic rifles into his beat-up Kia and then came back to shoot him in the head and neck after he survived the initial volley.

In response to the initial volley from the Clinton camp on Wednesday, Mr. Obama's spokesman, Robert Gibbs, refused the demand by the Clinton campaign that the candidate distance himself from Mr. Geffen's statement, which he made in an interview with a New York Times columnist, Maureen Dowd.

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