Sentence examples for fire a blank from inspiring English sources

His team did fire a blank in a lacklustre goalless draw at Malaga in midweek, but they responded in fine fashion in front of their own fans.

Luke DuBois's Take a Bullet for This City, which is programmed to fire a blank every time a shooting is reported in New Orleans.

But now it appears that Professor Boskin fired a blank.

He has a little demonstration that helps dampen the Old West atmosphere: He borrows an apple from craft services and then fires a blank, execution style.

One seems to have fired a blank, while the other may be even more explosive than it's made out to be.

Shortly thereafter, a cannon fired a blank charge across the academy grounds by the Hudson River, the report echoing up the hill to the stadium.

There, on the shores of the Hudson, Hamilton will drop to one knee after Burr fires a blank shot at him.

In 1913, at age 11, he was remanded to the Colored Waifs' Home for Boys for firing a blank pistol and disturbing the peace.

"There's a little piece of paper attached to your program, but I have still been asked to say there will be a gunshot fired — a blank, of course," the composer John Corigliano announced from the Carnegie Hall stage on Saturday night.

A man accused of firing a blank starting pistol near a police helicopter has admitted acting in a manner likely to endanger aircraft.

The two Italian cruisers approached the harbor and fired a blank shot at the Ottoman vessels lying there.