Sentence examples for gunfire forming from inspiring English sources

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Sitting now on lawns, amid well-tended flowerbeds and chattering picnickers, it is hard to imagine the British Army swarming onto this plain to attack the French, the smoke of gunfire forming a thick haze among the trees, the slashing of bayonets, and the screaming of the wounded.

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He told the Guardian he ran towards Rezgui as he opened fire on Western tourists and formed a barrier against the gunfire with other unarmed men.

Ghoul ran towards the massacre while it was still under way, helping to form a human shield to block the gunfire.

Henry formed his men into a right angle firing line and exchanged gunfire with Black Hawk's men for around 30 minutes.

Korean business owners formed ad hoc militias; footage presented in "Let It Fall" shows these groups exchanging gunfire in the middle of the streets.

Witnesses said there were sustained bursts of gunfire and sporadic shots for more than 20 minutes following Saturday's assault by about 100 soldiers loyal to the country's High Transitional Authority — the internationally isolated government formed by Mr. Rajoelina.

Our community was subjected to sectarian attacks on a daily basis, which took the form of rioting, gunfire, and even bombings.

Alex Kinon, who played with Agnostic Front, says that he was once shot at in Tompkins Square Park, and that Vinnie Stigma responded by rushing toward the gunfire, armed with only an improvised shield in the form of a garbage-can lid.

"Police services have always used various forms of armour to protect themselves and the public from projectiles and gunfire.

"At night they hear gunfire and mosquos" -- police helicopters, that is, as they are called in a clipped form of the word for mosquitoes.

El Watan's report, headlined "Gunfire Exchanged Between the Brotherhood and Security Forces at Cairo University," showed civilians shooting off fireworks, a form of improvised weapon popular in street battles, and police officers firing tear gas from armored vehicles.

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