Sentence examples for widespread gunfire from inspiring English sources
Phone calls to several Tripoli residents from different neighborhoods confirmed widespread gunfire and explosions.
With widespread gunfire in the streets of Tripoli, Human Rights Watch cautioned NATO to take measures to guard against the kind of bloody acts of vengeance, looting and other violence that followed the fall of Saddam Hussein's government.
As Friday night fell, it brought widespread power cuts and reports of looting and gunfire in some areas of the capital, Kingston.
Other races have been punctuated with gunfire and fistfights, and there are widespread accusations of swapping votes for liquor, cash and even the addictive prescription pain-killer OxyContin.
The bombing comes at a time of increasing nervousness around the world after terrorist attacks in Belgium and France, creating a climate in which even a false report of gunfire at John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens recently created widespread panic.
An estimated 22,000 concertgoers were at the festival when it was interrupted by rapid gunfire for approximately nine minutes around 10 p.m., causing widespread panic and bloodshed. .
There has been widespread looting, and friends and peers have reported the shelling and gunfire even hit humanitarian compounds and killed two U.N. peacekeepers.
Gunfire was heard throughout the capital and at least five helicopters were circling scenes of clashes, amid widespread panic on the streets below.
