Sentence examples for that fired the from inspiring English sources

Tobacco was the accelerant that fired the caustic repartee of Dorothy Parker and her Round Table friends at the Algonquin.

With his death, which many consider a spark that fired the Civil War, the American landscape began to change, topographically, politically and psychologically.

At Fort Sumter, S.C., he commanded the gunners that fired the first shots by the North in the American Civil War.

6. Make serial numbers harder to file off, and require microstamping, so that cartridges can be traced back to the gun that fired the bullets.

It is unclear whether it was Hamas or other smaller factions in Gaza, such as Palestinian Islamic Jihad, that fired the rockets at Israel during Friday.

But it was some of the National Guard's ancient T-34 tanks, a gift from Russia, that fired the coup's opening shots at the presidential palace.

Among the exhibits are the artillery piece that fired the first shell from the British side in World War I, a Russian tank and a Harrier jump-jet.

But, although circumstances are different, Johnson's production captures the anger at Douglas Haig's attritional policy and the sympathy for the ordinary soldier that fired the original production.

That fired up the crowd, but the game had become taut and testy.

That fired up the Warriors after the break as Northampton struggled to impose themselves.

That fired up the Titans.