Below you will find example sentences with "opened fire". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Opened Fire in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: opened
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 11
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 25.1 words

Words in this phrase

opened fire

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • opened can mean: simple past and past participle of open Common word
  • fire can mean: A (usually self-sustaining) chemical reaction involving the bonding of oxygen with carbon or other fuel, with the production of heat and ... Common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 12 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

a gunman opened fire monday night 1× armed suspects opened fire toward the 1× but they opened fire after which 1× by johnson opened fire shooting a 1× classroom she opened fire killing one 1× enemy and opened fire with 14 1× israeli troops opened fire on the 1× mexico and opened fire killing six 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a 47 year 1× a band of 1× a gunman opened 1× adg stf amitabh 1× after brushing past 1× after entering a 1×

Common sentence endings:

and gun emplacements 1× capital lagos on 1× during the chase 1× gunmen returned fire 1× had to retaliate 1× immediately opened fire 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

israeli 4× killing 4× suspects 3× returned 3× year 3× old 3× forces 2× live 2× entered 2× gunmen 2× soldiers 2× nigerian 2×

Related phrases

fire department fire chief volunteer fire fire departments fire station fire crews county fire fire broke fire alarm fire damage

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

open tennis open string open source open sets open dialogue open champion

Just after it in the phrase index:

opening ceremony opening day opening night opening remarks opening weekend openly gay

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

volunteer fire county fire grass fire

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "opened fire" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 25.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a gunman opened fire monday night, armed suspects opened fire toward the, israeli, killing and suspects stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with fire department, fire chief and volunteer fire, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with opened fire

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

One of the suspects opened fire at Preston, who returned fire. (11 words)

The suspects opened fire on pursuing Officers who returned fire during the chase. (13 words)

Peake opened fire with his cannons, causing a fire to break out in the port engine. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

A gunman opened fire Monday night at Michigan State University, killing three people and wounding five more, before fatally shooting himself miles away after an hours-long manhunt that forced frightened students to hide in the dark. (37 words)

A 47-year-old man entered Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth and opened fire during a concert in which hundreds of teens were present; the shooter shouted obscenities and demeaned parishioners for their religious beliefs. (36 words)

He was embarrassed by a friendly fire episode in which his unit and another British unit thought the other was the French enemy and opened fire, with 14 dead and 26 wounded in the mishap. (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

Ashok Kumar was trying to put out a fire in the family cycle shop when patrolling policemen opened fire.

One of the suspects opened fire at Preston, who returned fire.

The IDF said "additional armed suspects opened fire toward the security forces" during their operation and that they responded with live fire.

Conricus said Israeli troops opened fire on the militants after they entered Israeli territory, and that the gunmen returned fire.

Soldiers open fire on Nigerian protesters in Lagos, witnesses saySoldiers opened fire on Nigerian protesters in the Lekki district of the commercial capital Lagos on.

The suspects opened fire on pursuing Officers who returned fire during the chase.

According to the FIR, before opening fire, Humayoun yelled at Bilal Sabir saying, “How dare you share a picture and status about me on Facebook?” and then immediately opened fire.

Israeli forces raided a Palestinian home, belonging to Nusfat Ishteiwi, after opening live fire at its front door; Israeli soldiers also opened fire inside the house, damaging property and windows of the house.

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Police said the gunman opened fire with an AR-15 rifle after setting off a fire alarm in the school, 75 kilometres north of Miami.

He was embarrassed by a friendly fire episode in which his unit and another British unit thought the other was the French enemy and opened fire, with 14 dead and 26 wounded in the mishap.

Peake opened fire with his cannons, causing a fire to break out in the port engine.

Varble, Derek (2003) p. 65. The battle group standing offshore opened fire, giving covering fire for the landings and causing considerable damage to the Egyptian batteries and gun emplacements.

A 47-year-old man entered Wedgwood Baptist Church in Fort Worth and opened fire during a concert in which hundreds of teens were present; the shooter shouted obscenities and demeaned parishioners for their religious beliefs.

A band of gunmen invaded a resort where dozens of vacationers were spending the weekend in central Mexico and opened fire, killing six adults and a 7-year-old, authorities said.

About 7:30 p.m., they were standing outside in the 5200 block of South Halsted Street when someone opened fire.

According to the police, the accused persons publicly opened fire and beat 20-year-old Nandan Nath in the Bilasipara area on Saturday evening.

ADG STF Amitabh Yash said that the STF had asked the two to surrender but they opened fire after which the team had to retaliate.

After brushing past bouncers the 10-strong gang, allegedly led by Johnson, opened fire, shooting a member of the Pepperhill gang from Moss Side in the back.

After entering a biology classroom, she opened fire, killing one of her fellow students and injuring another four, before then killing herself.

A gunman opened fire Monday night at Michigan State University, killing three people and wounding five more, before fatally shooting himself miles away after an hours-long manhunt that forced frightened students to hide in the dark.

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