Sentence examples for lost a firefight from inspiring English sources
Nearly all members of a squad from 2nd Battalion 4th Marines were killed when they drove into an ambush in unarmored Humvees, the first time the Marines had lost a firefight in Iraq.
Without any prompting, the officer in charge, a grizzled lieutenant who'd lost an eye in a firefight years ago, immediately started going through rehearsals for an attack.
The marines lost a man in an intense firefight for another house that went on most of the morning.
Yes, we delivered them to a veteran who lost his tags in a firefight in Vietnam.
It was possible, they said, that the weapons had been stolen or lost during firefights and smuggled into Turkey after being sold in Iraq's extensive black market for firearms.
While the black soldiers engaged in a firefight, part of the Indian Home Guard lost its way in the massive plume of smoke and drifted into the line of fire.
A firefight and a chase ensued.
A seventh was killed in a firefight.
