Sentence examples for fierce firefight from inspiring English sources

There, a sniper shot off one of her fingers during a fierce firefight.

A fierce firefight erupted, which killed soldiers and civilians in a nearby market.

A fierce firefight broke out as the Marines began to swing north.

The survivors of a fierce firefight in Iraq are whisked stateside for a brief victory tour in this satirical novel.

There were bad moments, like a fierce firefight with the Taliban two months ago in eastern Afghanistan.

Corporal Williams, 31, disappeared during a fierce firefight with Iraqi tanks, soldiers and guerrillas near Nasiriya on March 23.

I went through two fierce firefights on highways today.

But there were fierce firefights, and its advance was slowed by a vast network of bombs and booby-traps.

Russian officers boasted that they controlled Minutka Square in central Grozny several days ago, only to acknowledge today that it was still the object of fierce firefights.

Workers this afternoon spent hours searching the gardens around the mud-brick compounds and arid, empty fields where fierce firefights raged only a week ago.

Iraqi hospital officials said Wednesday that 46 Iraqi civilians had been killed during fierce firefights since Sunday in the Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City, where fighting has raged mostly at night between American forces and Mr. Sadr's Mahdi Army after it tried to take control of police stations.