Sentence examples for fired- from inspiring English sources

"That will likely lead, I'm sorry to say, to some people resigning from the government or being fired.

The manager was fired in February with his team struggling in eighth, yet he did get some things right.

Authorities said Morrison fired when Ramirez made a downward movement with his hands after Morrison ordered him to keep his hands visible.

Whoever fired at her hadn't been able to track her down with dogs and dispose of the tag because the shot had not immediately been fatal: Betty had flapped on for several miles before collapsing on the ground.

In another neighbourhood youths destroyed a police vehicle and officers fired tear gas to try to disperse protesters.

The Islamists' assault on the Borno state capital saw rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) fired into homes, said witnesses and security sources.

But in a scene that felt more Office Space than Black Hawk Down, he rose after a moment, stuck his rifle around the corner and fired blindly at an enemy unseen.

A physicist at Fermilab in Chicago has calculated that an apple fired at such velocity would, if it hit the moon, excavate a crater six miles in diameter.

The Heysham 1 and Hartlepool nuclear plants have a combined capacity of about 2.4 gigawatts (GW) and are out of action at a time when part of the 2GW Ferrybridge coal-fired station is also temporarily closed down due to a fire.

The fire at the 1.4 gigawatt (GW) plant was the third at a fossil fuel-fired power station this year.

The fund is also set to sell its $49m stake in Drax, which runs the UK's biggest coal-fired power station.