Sentence examples for gunfire against from inspiring English sources

The army said it was responding to Palestinian gunfire against two Israeli jeeps.

Hence the barrage of misogynistic abuse, as lethal as gunfire, against which she battles in Skyscraper.

But pointing out the blindingly obvious need to keep faiths in their private sphere has united religious gunfire against secularists.

A squad leader who has just finished directing gunfire against insurgents finds a quiet place inside his combat outpost, whips out his iPhone and dashes off an instant message to his wife back home.

He fired it in response to gunfire against the ship.

Palestinian health officials said Israeli forces used mostly gunfire against the protesters, in addition to tear gas and rubber bullets.

A local rights activist said that a third woman had also been killed, and 13 other people were injured, adding that a mob used dogs, knives and gunfire birdshot against a group of pro-Morsi demonstrators.

Tires burned in the city center, gunfire echoed against shuttered stores, and teams of fighters in pickup trucks moved about brandishing machine guns, sniper rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.

Stones are inadequate against gunfire.

Some residents have sandbagged their windows; concrete barriers have been erected to protect against gunfire, and there are plans to fit exposed apartments with bulletproof glass.

Front-line trenches, built in a zig-zag to minimize the effect of an explosion in the trench, provided protection against gunfire, but not a direct hit from an artillery shell.