Sentence examples for without opening fire from inspiring English sources
In the reduced visibility the division lost sight of the Grand Fleet during the night, passing the badly damaged battlecruiser without opening fire.
According to the witness, the Marines managed to secure the compound without opening fire or directly confronting the individuals who had made their way onto the roof.
The Army expected units to advance as far as possible in a firing line without opening fire, both to conceal their positions and conserve ammunition, then to attack in successive waves, closing with the enemy decisively.
Police forced their way in without a warrant, opening fire as they entered and arresting more than a hundred people.
When tragedies happen, especially the sudden, unprovoked, random violence of a serial killer or a school shooter opening fire without warning, we feel overwhelmed, helpless, disempowered.
GUVECCI, Turkey — Since violent clashes broke out in a northern Syrian town close to this border last weekend at least 140 Syrians have fled into Turkey, some bearing tales of black-clad gunmen opening fire on protesters without warning.
PAGE A6 SYRIANS FLEE TO TURKEY Since violent clashes broke out in a northern Syrian town last weekend, at least 140 Syrians have fled into Turkey, some bearing tales of black-clad gunmen opening fire on protesters without warning.
Wearing combat boots and carrying an assault rifle and at least one pistol, the gunman, apparently without provocation, opened fire in a parking lot and shot four people, one of them fatally, as bystanders dashed for cover.
On 28 29 December 1915 the Budapest supported the cruisers and destroyers of the Austro-Hungarian Navy that were to raid Durazzo, but the detachment returned to port without having opened fire on the enemy.
A recent package of laws allows broad state authority inside the zone of "anti-terrorist operations" in the east, with police able to detain suspects for 30 days without charge and to open fire without warning.
Then, without warning, police opened fire on the black students.
