Explore Quickfire through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Quickfire in a sentence
Quickfire meaning
Alternative form of quick-fire.
Using Quickfire
- The main meaning on this page is: Alternative form of quick-fire.
- In the example corpus, quickfire often appears in combinations such as: the quickfire, scored quickfire, with quickfire.
Context around Quickfire
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Quickfire
- In this selection, "quickfire" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, two, double, brace and challenge stand out and add context to how "quickfire" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a quickfire challenge centering and adaptations the quickfire phenomon of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "quickfire" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with quickfire
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Two quickfire goals at the City Ground. (7 words)
Foord does get her quickfire brace after all. (8 words)
But first (cue Julie Chen-Moonves): Let's focus on the Quickfire! (12 words)
Liverpool's substitutes, in contrast, soon made their mark and it was Nunez who popped up with a quickfire double late on to turn the game on its head and stun St James' into silence as Liverpool so often have. (40 words)
And while you would be forgiven for not knowing what day it is, what month it is or what year it is, you will need to be on your toes for our quickfire quiz. (34 words)
Ireland, in just their seventh Test and still searching for a first win at this level, were indebted to for launching a recovery with a quickfire 30. Obdurate opener top-scored with 36. (33 words)
But first (cue Julie Chen-Moonves): Let's focus on the Quickfire! (12 words)
Example sentences (20)
A Quickfire challenge centering on iceberg lettuce as appetizers proves to be more than some chefs could handle.
But first (cue Julie Chen-Moonves): Let's focus on the Quickfire!
Ed Pollock scored a quickfire 41 inside just 6 overs as The Pears reached 50 in rapid time after Durham declared in the morning session.
Folkestone were, though, certainly given a scare late on with a quickfire double from Corinthian-Casuals before they just about held on.
Foord does get her quickfire brace after all.
However, this setup is just an excuse for an onslaught of quickfire gags and hilariously contrived set pieces.
Ireland, in just their seventh Test and still searching for a first win at this level, were indebted to for launching a recovery with a quickfire 30. Obdurate opener top-scored with 36.
Liverpool's substitutes, in contrast, soon made their mark and it was Nunez who popped up with a quickfire double late on to turn the game on its head and stun St James' into silence as Liverpool so often have.
Mbeumo grabbed a quickfire brace to help fill the void of Ivan Toney, who on Thursday received an eight-month ban from all football activities from the FA for betting breaches.
Prithvi Shaw warmed up for his Northants debut in Friday's Metro Bank One Day Cup clash at Gloucestershire with a quickfire half-century for the seconds on Tuesday.
As such, his new team the Chiefs conducted a quickfire question and answer session with their new signing so that supporters can get to know him a little better.
As the father-of-three was giving an answer to her question, Waddingham then saw an opportunity to lighten the mood with her quickfire answer.
But quickfire efforts from Raheem Sterling and Nicolas Jackson earned the win that saw Chelsea remain in the hunt for Europa League or Europa Conference League qualification.
Dundee United boss Jim Goodwin has lauded loan star Emmanuel Adegboyega for learning the lessons of his quickfire debut against Ross County.
For all the usual doom-mongering around video game adaptations, the quickfire phenomon of should have surprised no one.
He praised his side’s quickfire start, especially after the draining assignment against Rangers on Saturday.
The opening batter recorded her highest List A score in the summer when she made a quickfire 83 against Northern Diamonds in the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy.
Two quickfire goals at the City Ground.
And then there was the quintessential AB de Villiers (55 not out, 24b, 4×4, 4×6) who continued his form with another quickfire innings.
And while you would be forgiven for not knowing what day it is, what month it is or what year it is, you will need to be on your toes for our quickfire quiz.
Common combinations with quickfire
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: