Sentence examples for firing first from inspiring English sources

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Here's a sound stimulus, and here's auditory firing, first with no stimulus.

The soldiers began firing, first with assault rifles, then with grenade launchers and antitank rockets.

Then the settlers began firing, first in the air, then toward the Palestinian houses.

Armed men burst into the courtroom, ransacking it and firing first at random, then shooting all three defendants, witnesses said.

Nonetheless, it appeared to be an effort to reduce tensions caused by the episode, in which each side accuses the other of firing first.

That should not preclude other options when there is a clear and present danger of attack, but firing first is not a step to be taken lightly.

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Strasburg dared the Dodgers, firing first-pitch strikes to 14 of his 17 hitters.

Excellent defense – a leaping catch by Freddy Sanchez in the second, two sharply turned double plays – certainly helped, but Bumgarner quieted the crowd of 51,920 at Rangers Ballpark by adhering to the same approach as Texas starter Colby Lewis in Game 3: firing first-pitch strikes, which he did to 21 of 27 batters.

The second goal was an equally impressive finish, Gormley firing first-time into the net with his right foot after Martin Donnelly's pass through.

Who Fired First?

Activists say the Israeli servicemen fired first.

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