Sentence examples for was fired off from inspiring English sources
As the relationship between Jean-Jacques Rousseau and David Hume unraveled, a volley of rancorous letters was fired off, then quickly published and devoured by aristocrats, intellectuals, and common readers alike.
Last year, a protest was fired off to Crossrail by Save Soho, an organisation devoted to halting the encroaching blandification of the West End's cosmopolitan core, and founded in response to the closure of cabaret venue Madame Jojo's; it was signed by Save Soho's committee, including chairman Stephen Fry and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Plus, the villain's lair near Snobby Shores, which housed a missile, now seems to be missile-less, meaning the rocket was fired off at some point?
The tweet was fired off as a response to a story by The Economist that said the company may have to raise additional capital at some point, according to banking firm Jeffries.
The latest and possibly last salvo in a long-running debate over the merits of the influenza-fighting drug Tamiflu was fired off today, but it seems unlikely to quell skeptics or nurture unanimity around the drug's effects. .
Another short-range missile was fired off North Korea's east coast on 28 May 2009.
But earlier, as Trump was firing off tweets, McCarthy reflected on the discord that had engulfed Congress's first day.
Once the problems began, many traders said it would have made sense if the firm's employees had not caught the problems for the first minute or so, given the speed at which Knight's program was firing off orders.
When his team failed to create new cable channels fast enough to meet demand, he solved the problem by paying $7.6 billion to acquire Turner Broadcasting, which was firing off new outlets like Cartoon Network and Turner Classic Movies in rapid succession.
I was firing off "tit-les" for the calendar and it just came to me in a moment of genius.
He tells the story of a young boy excitedly trailing after Williams, who was firing off F-bombs like line drives to center field.
