Sentence examples for fired a flare from inspiring English sources

The captain fired a flare.

The rescuers said one of the crew fired a flare she found in the water.

He fired a flare gun, and the pirates, thinking they were being fired upon, responded by shooting him.

Elsewhere, fishermen armed with gaffs and sticks sank another Zodiac and, according to Greenpeace's Knowles, fired a flare at the observation helicopter.

An initial Pentagon statement said one of the American escort planes had fired a flare to warn the Iranian jet away but later retracted that report.

One of the pilots fired a flare gun out of a porthole, to warn all those who could see it that the bomber was coming in, like it or not.

One sentry fired a flare-gun, whilst a second was killed when he opened fire at the airborne troops and a third retreated.

Foster was also found guilty of the minor charge of unsafe storage of weapons, and another defendant was found guilty of firing a flare gun.

But someone did manage to fire a flare, setting in motion a remarkable rescue effort on Sunday by fishermen and pleasure boats that prevented an even greater tragedy.

In the song, "Universal Applicant," over a slithering, one-chord piece of music, the narrator fires a flare gun, an action that Mr. Callahan first describes and then imitates, in two small and precise aspirant sounds.

A musical montage of fun includes shouting "Show us your tits!" to a neighboring boat of (in the parlance of the film) "hotties" who comply, then respond: "Show us your dick!" The ladies take one look at what McMillan is packing and shout "Boo!" so Kessler fires a flare at them, forcing them to dive overboard.