Misfired is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Misfired meaning
simple past and past participle of misfire
Using Misfired
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of misfire
- In the example corpus, misfired often appears in combinations such as: misfired in, misfired and, misfired while.
Context around Misfired
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 10 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Misfired
- In this selection, "misfired" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, batting, jones, rocket, rocket, off and hamas stand out and add context to how "misfired" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a rocket misfired by islamic and aramshe were misfired and didn. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "misfired" sits close to words such as abra, accies and accommodative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with misfired
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Rolling to his right, Jones misfired while targeting a wide-open Hunter Henry. (13 words)
Wentz had four turnovers, missed a couple of open receivers and misfired on other throws. (15 words)
Working to confirm if this was an Israeli strike or a Gaza rocket that misfired. (15 words)
James followed his own miss down the lane for the go-ahead basket, then was brilliant on the last defensive possession – forcing the ball out of Leonard’s hands and covering George as his three-point try at the buzzer misfired. (41 words)
Diggs said that following the ruthless, unsuccessful hit, the driver and aide on the bus were left shaken, believing they could have been killed along with the targeted student if the gun had not misfired. (35 words)
The England goalkeeper watched on as an experimental formation misfired in attack, with Carsley selecting all of Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, Bukyo Saka and Anthony Gordon in the absence of Harry Kane. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Diggs said that following the ruthless, unsuccessful hit, the driver and aide on the bus were left shaken, believing they could have been killed along with the targeted student if the gun had not misfired.
New Zealand’s batting misfired in the first two games, with Allen frustrated by his own failures to capitalise on decent starts.
Rolling to his right, Jones misfired while targeting a wide-open Hunter Henry.
Several rockets launched at Arab al-Aramshe were misfired and didn’t cross into Israeli territory.
The Israeli military denied responsibility, saying the explosion was caused by a rocket misfired by Islamic Jihad, while Hamas blamed Israeli air strikes.
The Israeli military denies involvement and blamed a misfired rocket from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, another militant group.
Prendergast again misfired off the tee and was soon replaced by Jack Murphy, son of Ulster head coach Richie.
Rather unsurprisingly, the move misfired and has yielded all sorts of harm and no good whatever.
The England goalkeeper watched on as an experimental formation misfired in attack, with Carsley selecting all of Jude Bellingham, Phil Foden, Cole Palmer, Bukyo Saka and Anthony Gordon in the absence of Harry Kane.
The Henry Jackson Society said the casualty figures also failed to distinguish between Gazans killed by the IDF and those killed by misfired Hamas rockets or during the distribution of food aid.
James followed his own miss down the lane for the go-ahead basket, then was brilliant on the last defensive possession – forcing the ball out of Leonard’s hands and covering George as his three-point try at the buzzer misfired.
Manchester City's frenetic afternoon rather summed up their season so far, as they misfired against a Palace side who beat them in the corresponding fixture last season.
Stanley’s pistol misfired, and the wounded Cheyenne limped toward him, clearly intending to go down fighting in a hand-to-hand struggle.
But some of her posts have misfired, as they failed to get her the response she desired.
Duke’s Bobby Hurley had a chance to win it at the buzzer, but his shot misfired.
The building was actually hit by a misfired Islamic Jihad rocket, as testified by a Fox News foreign correspondent in Gaza, Trey Yingst, who said he witnessed this from across the street.
The couple was arrested early this year after their attempt to sell a human heart to a prominent Samfya businessman misfired.
This isn’t first time WFP has ignited some anger with its endorsements — and misfired in the eyes of some progressives.
Wentz had four turnovers, missed a couple of open receivers and misfired on other throws.
Working to confirm if this was an Israeli strike or a Gaza rocket that misfired.
Common combinations with misfired
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- misfired in 3×
- misfired and 3×
- misfired while 2×
- by misfired 2×
- pistol misfired 2×
- and misfired 2×
- misfired on 2×
- misfired rounds 2×