Sentence examples for fired upon the from inspiring English sources
They looked fretfully toward the sky, fearing missiles were being fired upon the city.
"As he did not threaten the U.S. forces, he was not fired upon," the inquiry found.
U.S. commanders said that the men had fired upon the soldiers first and that the troops acted in self-defense.
Gunmen described by the Syrian regime as 'terrorists' ambushed and fired upon the international team's convoy before seizing the workers on Sunday.
"As they were leaving the area," she added, "three vehicles heading towards Idlib were fired upon — the source of fire is still unclear".
A spokesman for the Central Reserve Police Force, a paramilitary force controlled by the central government, said that its men had not fired upon the protesters.
They were ordered to refrain from firing their weapons unless fired upon, despite the UN previously describing the situation in Srebrenica as a "slow-motion process of genocide".
The Tallinn power plant was fired upon from the sea and the Old City Harbour was destroyed.
Like Goya, Mr. de Jong depicts an execution of sorts, for the soldiers are firing upon the unarmed, grinning giant who taunts his executioners with castanets.
"Every so often we can hear a helicopter and then their guns firing upon the rebels who have now taken almost the entire city".
