Get to know Gunshots better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Gunshots meaning
plural of gunshot
Using Gunshots
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of gunshot
- In the example corpus, gunshots often appears in combinations such as: heard gunshots, of gunshots, gunshots and.
Context around Gunshots
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 12 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gunshots
- In this selection, "gunshots" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, heard, numerous, hearing, began, saw and stopped stand out and add context to how "gunshots" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after hearing gunshots and died from gunshots in the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gunshots" sits close to words such as aaa, admittedly and apron, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gunshots
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A cellphone video caught the moment when the gunshots began ringing out. (12 words)
He said he heard more gunshots but was too afraid to look back. (13 words)
A member of school staff is said to have called emergency services on Sunday after hearing gunshots. (17 words)
But the witness didn’t have to offer Crown prosecutor Michelle Kai much insight into the events that led to his brother receiving two lethal gunshots to his torso outside the Portico Hookah Lounge in the early-morning hours of Sept. 12, 2020. (43 words)
A third call came Wednesday around 12:30 a.m. from a male reporting that his mother and father had been arguing when he heard four gunshots and then saw his mother laying on the living room floor. (38 words)
An NBC News analysis of data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, “More Americans have died from gunshots in the last 50 years” than in all of the wars in American history. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
Poole said she actually called police last weekend when she heard gunshots at 3 a.m. She said those gunshots were from Webster, who was firing at a tree in the backyard of the home.
A cellphone video caught the moment when the gunshots began ringing out.
Alvie Carlton Scott III said he was on the beach when all of a sudden he heard numerous gunshots go off.
A member of school staff is said to have called emergency services on Sunday after hearing gunshots.
An NBC News analysis of data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, “More Americans have died from gunshots in the last 50 years” than in all of the wars in American history.
Another witness named Jamil (pictured) said: 'We were inside the store and all of a sudden we heard a gunshots and everybody was panicking but the store we were in they were very helpful.
Another witness was around the corner from the incident at the time and told detectives they heard gunshots and saw Thorpe running from the scene to his car on Laurel Street, the affidavit said.
A police corporal who heard Fitzgerald's radio call and heard the gunshots saw two young men fleeing the area, Ransom said.
As the white Toyota drove east on Highland Street, someone inside fired several gunshots at pursuing officers.
A third call came Wednesday around 12:30 a.m. from a male reporting that his mother and father had been arguing when he heard four gunshots and then saw his mother laying on the living room floor.
A witness told the he heard multiple gunshots and people yelling before looking out of the window to see a man lying on the ground and another being tended to by police.
But the witness didn’t have to offer Crown prosecutor Michelle Kai much insight into the events that led to his brother receiving two lethal gunshots to his torso outside the Portico Hookah Lounge in the early-morning hours of Sept. 12, 2020.
Damien Posey, 44, grew up in historically Black neighborhoods in San Francisco, where he heard gunshots at night and was bussed to schools in neighborhoods that weren’t so welcoming to Black children.
Finally, when the call went through the dispatcher, they had heard the sound of the punches slamming on the pads followed by him saying 'good shot' and assumed it was gunshots - with Siri automatically sending the location.
Food, water and medical supplies were difficult to find amid the fighting, she said, but her brothers were able to gather rice and untreated water in the brief moments when the gunshots stopped.
He is then seen getting into a white pickup truck before gunshots are heard, followed by screams and commotion around the truck.
He said he heard more gunshots but was too afraid to look back.
Hurley was in the Army Navy Surplus store in Olde Town on June 21, 2021, when he heard gunshots outside and rushed to help.
Investigators said the guard was sitting in a golf cart and talking to some residents of the apartment complex when they heard gunshots coming from the other side of the parking lot.
Investigators told Gonzalez that she said she ran from the home with someone else when they heard gunshots.
Common combinations with gunshots
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- heard gunshots 28×
- of gunshots 27×
- gunshots and 19×
- gunshots were 17×
- the gunshots 16×
- multiple gunshots 16×
- gunshots in 11×
- gunshots at 10×
- several gunshots 9×
- gunshots to 8×