| 单词 | fired |
| 例句 | He fired again and again, so that by the time we went inside my ears were ringing. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But he had not fired at Narciso or at any of the men on the bridge! Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Still no one fired at them, so for the first time, Serafima’s navigator released the catch that held the bombs in place. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z To everyone’s surprise, the workers, half of whom were women, fired back their own letters to the editor, stressing the class division between them and those blacks who criticized the union movement. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z They were awakened by gunshots fired into the distant sky by the Khmer Rouge, but I was so tired I slept through it. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Questions and complaints fired back and forth across the table. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Rob had succeeded in getting as far as Turner’s driveway when Burdow, seeing that his game was about finished, rode up beside Rob’s team and fired a pistol over the heads of the horses. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z "They fired question after question at me. They took my words, twisted them, and used them against me. They wanted to know what adults were involved." The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z The ruckus caused a big stir and Herman fired me on the spot. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hundreds of Redcoats fell. We Americans ducked behind our defenses and reloaded. Then we fired again.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z He was not fired, but he was soon forced to resign when additional complaints were brought against him on other matters. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z May 20—I’ve been fired from my job at the bakery. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The rebels fired their guns toward the sky, as they shouted and merrily danced their way into town in a semicircle formation. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z And, as he found out, he can be fired at any time and bring in nothing, not even unemployment, until he lands another job. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t think I told you, but she, uh. Well, when she fired me, she told me that if I wasn’t a thousand percent serious about you, I needed to break things off.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Within the space of three weeks, we have proof-fired one bomb in the American desert, exploded one in Hiroshima, and fired the third this morning. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z So the diggers avoided the areas where the clay was striped dirty white or rusty red, as clay of these colors did not make the transformation to celadon green when fired. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z He fired again, and that bullet had far better luck; it slammed into Black Betty’s bumper. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There was, as I wandered through the streets, a continual popping and cracking as the guns on Copp’s Hill fired, though I have no notion of what they might have aimed at. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Abby received her degree and moved off to another university, while Mrs. Linden was, in the end, fired when Eliot’s mother discovered that Mrs. Linden’s thermos contained more whiskey than coffee. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I hadn’t just gotten fired; I’d gotten fired for starting a fight. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Rumor must’ve gotten around that Leo was the one who had fired on their little city, because those Romans seemed especially anxious to kill him. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z It fired, and then it didn’t fire, and then it fired again for the final shot. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z “You should be ashamed of yourself. We could be fired for this,” he said. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I slept and the fever fired my dreams with terror. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The bedroom fired out and filled in three seconds. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Around them, shells of all different sizes exploded, flaming and colorful tracer bullets whizzed past, and antiaircraft guns fired from the ground and from ships stationed on the sea below. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z As soon as Alex had fired the last bullet, he dropped the gun, letting it clatter to the floor below, and held up the palms of his hands. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z When the starter’s gun was fired, the 910-pound sleds were off into the noon twilight on a 700-yard course, with loud shouts of “Mush!” Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “And I can never prove it, not in a court of law, not even in the public eye. But I know in my heart why that man fired his gun that day.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The captain spun the cylinder of the Executioner once, then fired his first question: “Who are you?” The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “Review of action makes many reported contacts and torpedoes fired appear doubtful. Freak weather effects on radar and overeager sonarmen may have accounted for many reports.” Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z He aimed his gun at it and fired. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z “Argus got fired. You two have been gone too long. Things are changing.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Burger suspected that Dasch was trying to see how far he could push back against the school's authorities without getting fired. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z He hadn’t actually fired a gun since he had been in the Marines, which was thirty- one years ago, but he kept a pistol hidden at the house and remained confident of his abilities. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Clippinger instanter ordered us fire, which we did, having no choice—we fired right upon them—and one fell—three reaching our line, the others, following the blast, retreating. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z After I fired, the black powder charge in my gun threw up such a thick fog of blue smoke that I couldn’t see through it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she fired again, this time blowing up her own car. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z As is often the case, the correctional officer was fired but not criminally prosecuted. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z I was fired at the end of the day. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z She straightened her shoulders and tightened her grip on the gun and fired. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z “What kinds of flowers do you prefer?” he fired off. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z It picked skeletons clean and fired them to a gleaming white. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Lizza gasped when the guns in Salem Harbor fired salutes and the cannon on the forts boomed an answer. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Wait to find out if, Number One, my best friend in the entire world gets fired for getting me a job. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The coachman had fired his own revolver once in the air to alert police, once at Prendergast, and Prendergast had returned the shot. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z He had fired on the Romans and brought his friends nothing but trouble. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z There were unverified reports of roving gangs of armed men, of guns being fired at helicopters trying to rescue patients from the roof of a hospital. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z Her father says their weapons gleam as if they have never been fired. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z When a groom was caught sneaking carrots to Seabiscuit, Pollard ran him off with a pitchfork and the groom was summarily fired. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Olly watched the color fade in the glass and remembered the day his dad got fired and how he’d been too afraid to comfort him. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Some of the pots would make it and would be fired and ring true to a testing finger snap and be useful for gathering food and carrying water. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “They said there is a list circulating, Ifeoma, of lecturers who are disloyal to the university. They said they might be fired. They said your name is on it.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z We eat oatmeal for the first week after Chloe and I are fired. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The boats lined up, the starting gun fired, and the regatta—and Washington’s quest to sweep the Hudson—was under way almost before anyone realized it. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z What is virtually certain, and most compatible with all the available evidence, is that Hamilton fired first and purposely missed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z A number of professors, accused of being “Communist sympathizers,” were fired. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z One more kick and the moped fired up. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z “It would be easier for you if you did. If you don’t, you’ll probably get fired.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z II Mr. Clyde looked at the morning paper and fired Reilly. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I don’t even know what was said to make E.J. get all fired up. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z The boss’s wife came back to read and he fired all the remaining readers except Francie. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Crazy Horse and his men fired their pistols at the soldiers. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z They fired dozens of cannons at once, unleashing a crushing wave of metal balls. I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z Even so, the weapon felt familiar in my hands, because I’d fired thousands of virtual firearms in the OASIS. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When he fired his carbine to miss he was committing treason against his unit, and he didn’t care. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z More bitter than getting fired, I was barred from Small’s. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z When their employer came by and saw them standing in line at the courthouse, he fired them all. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z “Shouldn’t take much longer now, Chief. I’ve ordered some of them to get a good blaze going so that the trunk can be fired and hardened.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z It was as if, he said, he had fired a fifteen-inch shell at a sheet of paper and it rebounded into his lap. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z A hundred muskets fired at me, point blank. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When 3 Guys fired Peralta, another Mexican replaced him, just as Peralta replaced a Mexican at the Greek diner in Queens where he went to work next. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I expected I might be fired, but...banned? X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Terrified of being fired and losing his pension, the warder agreed to do whatever Mac wanted. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z First, how does one explain Hamilton’s obviously sincere conviction, delivered to Hosack and Pendleton in the boat afterward, that he had never fired his pistol? Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Wilse Howard rode to George Turner’s house and fired at him but missed and killed another man. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z His brows rose, and, still staring at him, she smiled wickedly as she blindly fired the arrow. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The men dropped to the wet ground and fired back into the trees. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z She would have gotten fired if anyone found out she was getting with the guests. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z When the minister gave the nod, the honor guard raised their rifles and fired three rounds. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z And then I told her the harder stuff, about how Mom stopped working and I thought she’d been fired, but really she’d just stopped. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z I fired at him through the hedge as he ran across the field. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z The captain orders the master-at-arms to fire the cannon, but the whale submerges too quickly to be fired upon. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Reporters who had descended upon the hospital office fired questions at the spokesman, who kept saying brusquely, “I don’t know.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Strauss fired back furiously that his science advisors, Professors Lawrence and Teller, thought the assumptions underlying Rabi’s findings baseless. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “Actually, no. You don't want me fired, do you?” Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z I fired faster, trying to space my rounds in a sector. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They were shooting skeet outside, and every time a gun was fired his senses were jarred. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z They flew in formation, fired at targets pulled by tow planes, simulated combat runs, and dive- bombed. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z She pushed her glasses up on her nose, like she did when she was feeling especially fired up about something, Rishi had noticed. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “If we call you that, sir, word may get back to the baas of the hotel, and we will be fired.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z It was Mr. Loomis walking from the house to the wagon; it reminded me of the time before, when he was so sick and had fired the gun. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z The crucial ingredient in the Hamiltonian account was that Burr fired first. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Most of the dismounted Long Knives fired again; then all of them remounted. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z The Talib lifted his Kalashnikov and fired rounds into the air. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The RPGs we had failed to explode when they were fired. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Sharpshooters fired on those fleeing through the canyon. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z It is not known how the olfactory cells are fired by an odorant. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I eat them myself, as we always did, and I have not yet fired a shot from any of my guns, not once since before the war. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Jewish teachers were fired, regardless of their education, teaching ability, or accomplishments. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z He fired up the moldy butt and sucked on it for a solid minute without even glancing in my direction. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z I don’t know why he hadn’t been fired long before. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The rifle fired off and violently kicked out of my grip. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “Slaves done ris,” was whispered in the cabin and at the master’s gate: slaves in another county had fired the masters’ houses and fields and dashed their children to death against the stones. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z I couldn’t believe my mom fired Calista and it was all because of me, because I signed my mom’s name on a stupid piece of paper. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z As the white Mississippians advanced on Arkansas in their various vehicles, they fired out of windows at every African American they saw. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Among his many exploits, he paddled his canoe up a river to the Fijian village of Kasavu, halted less than a pistol shot’s length from the village fence, and fired away at the undefended inhabitants. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Sitting up straight was very important; otherwise, you might break your back when the seat fired. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Miss Kelsey brought us good news, and it fired me up. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z ‘No, not many. They stood up—just a handful. The British fired on them. It was dawn.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “Technically, Mama resigned from her job here. But she was really fired. It was a pretty big deal. She could have gone to jail.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I was flat back on my heels when he fired the shot, a bad shot, right at me. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z It was too dark to aim, I just fired in what I thought was the right direction. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Past experience taught them that blacks were last hired, first fired, especially true for black women. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Another problem was that the letter had fired the public’s curiosity and imagination. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Early on, Josiah fired a shot from the top left of the box, which sailed high. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z In the verbal exchanges before the duel, there can be no question that Burr fired first. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z In each stake boat, an official sat ready to hold the stern of the shell assigned to that lane until the starting pistol was fired. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z If there was any chance of breaking free, the Boss wanted to be ready for it, and he was burning half a ton of coal a day to keep the engines fired. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z They had flanked us with ease—they fired upon us from the side—and we, enfiladed, fled—hearing cries as men fell behind us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Again without any apparent logic, the magistrate then asked if I had fired all five shots at once. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z The following morning, when Ito told us that the contratista had gotten Gabriel fired and sent back to Mexico, I felt like someone had kicked me in the stomach. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z That really fired him up to try to sell a lot in 1907. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He crumpled the pleated paper cups that had been overflowing with cole slaw and fired them into the crate. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z When three white law-enforcement officers pulled up to the front of the church and attempted to enter it, shots were fired. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z But out in Lexington on the Village Green the first shot was fired. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Without question, the ability to write down rhythms fired the imaginations of composers. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z If they complain often enough, someone far below them in wealth and influence may be chastised or even fired. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z We fired upon them, and the closest of their number collapsed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Waving his arms, Stuart ran forward and fired off his gun. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z Don Apolinar Moscote was unconscious, tied to the post where previously they had had the scarecrow that had been cut to pieces by shots fired in fun. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z One of the Roman catapults had fired, and the Argo II groaned and tilted sideways, flames bubbling over its bronze-plated hull. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He told her that they fired rockets at cars but, for some reason, left taxis alone—which explained to Laila the recent rash of people spraying their cars yellow. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z One such case involved the Rad Lab’s former staff chemist Martin Kamen, who had been fired by Ernest during the war in response to an unproved—and groundless—charge of disloyalty. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Why hadn’t the officer in Wallpost 17 stepped outside and fired a shot or two into the air? he wanted to know. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z To the right Kemper’s brigade had broken, but some of the men still fired. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And it was a good thing that the Hofbräuhaus music accompanying the boys was so loud, because more than a few of the kids in the bleachers fired off barrages of F-bombs. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z I raided the supply of Finkle boxes my Mom had brought home before she was fired and I ripped off the box tops. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z “You did hear me say someone’s job was on the line for that book? A man could be fired if he doesn’t have it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I fired it as I was pushing myself backward and then I jumped off to the left. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z All the onagers fired at once, and six golden comets billowed into the sky. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "Well, it's not the first time I got fired for no cause." The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z Twice, he fired straight rights through Alfred's guard, stinging, rib-bruising rights that took Alfred's breath away. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly he couldn’t believe that he had not only grown up in America, but also had grown half-old in it without ever having fired a gun. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked to the window carrying a bazooka and fired it at the tanks below. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I waited till she came stumbling across the sandy bed of the wash, then fired, dropping her in the middle of it. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z Pa saw this in the starlight and he fired quickly. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z We fired into the village, trying to chop down anything we could see. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They held their standoff for more heartbeats than felt advisable, then Scythe Curie turned her gun aside and fired out the front door. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z The few teachers the town did have were not exactly the pick of the litter, as Dad liked to say, and despite the shortage, one would get fired from time to time. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Then he got fired from his second job and from his third, and was kicked out of the electricians’ union and started doing odd jobs and day work. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z "Stone walls cannot be fired. How are we to take them? We do not have the numbers to storm even a small castle." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z The man who had fired at us turned his attention to taking out the SUV behind him, twisting around in the window. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z “We had been fired at, all right, but by whom?” he asked himself. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The first shot of the Civil War was fired in South Carolina, where our bodies constituted the majority of human bodies in the state. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z At the rock where the landing stage had been he lifted Grumman’s pack into the boat, and filled the little engine, which fired at once. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They usually fired two guns at once, one right after the other, and the fragments from the burst were enormous. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Curly expected to be fired if anything else went wrong. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Last night, when the rebels reached the quays in their march of invasion, we heard musket- or rifle-shots fired at our fleet, and hoped to acquit ourselves in a contest with these bold scoundrels. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There were no guns being fired, no shells exploding around me, no muddy foxholes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z He would have to snag them on the run and continue maybe ten more feet to the large rock against which he had been standing when the original shot had been fired. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Forty tear gas canisters were fired that day. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z The Marine who’d been singing started up again as soon as we fired our last burst. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The article, which also included provocative material, caused a sensation, coloring many of the interview questions that would be fired at Bobby for years after. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z We got fired at on the way in, and for a while the tail was in flames and she couldn’t control it properly, and she made me bail out before she tried to land. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z We fired at them, and fired at them, and fired at them. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z My mother was scared the union supporters would get them all fired, even her. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z The University of Chicago had fired his imagination. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I knew people would get smacked down, and maybe fired for what happened to Hal, but why Carlyle? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Had Millennium Challenge been a real war instead of just an exercise, twenty thousand American servicemen and women would have been killed before their own army had even fired a shot. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He laughed and fired again, and one last tower, one last chess piece, took fire, ignited, and in blue flinders went up to the stars. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “She fired Mr. Schroeder?” he said, sounding stunned, like his whole world was putrefying faster than the curdled chocolate milk he’d almost just drunk. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Since Ma started letting her stay after school, Sunny's ERC friends are getting her even more fired up about women's rights. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Wilkins fired up no one, but his qualified support for direct action did convince some of the older black businessmen that what the students were doing was legitimate if not necessarily advisable. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Luke recognized that he was upset immediately, but Annie fired right back. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z When FBI director J. Edgar Hoover—who did not tolerate recklessness in his bureau—heard what had happened, he fired Harvey on the spot. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z While still hospitalized, he was summarily fired by his contract trainer. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Gum Baby jumped on top of the haint’s head and fired sap ball after sap ball into his face, until he wore a mask of sticky dark amber. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z This time it was not muffled by the wind but by the body against which it had been fired. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z At that point, she fired a parting shot over her shoulder. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z “What did you say?” the captain fired at me. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The corporal fired a few rounds into the hole and then looked in. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z What did she mean by “isn’t the best time”? Was she getting fired? Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I guess he wasn’t actually fired from that job. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z A few moments later, Christian Jackson of the Fugees shook himself free on the right side, dribbled downfield, and fired a line drive into the top right corner of the net: goal. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z “It’s a shame Henry here was too busy signing papers with Auntie Pezza all week to learn some sheet music or we could have fired our pianist.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z But British gunboats fired on the barge that was carrying Arnold across the river, and he was forced to return to West Point. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Mark fired, heard a sharp ping as the bullet hit the metal contraption, then watched the weapon fall to the ground. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “We cannot but pity the boy who has never fired a gun,” he wrote in his famous book Walden. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z When the first shot was fired, we dove toward the floor, but the man a little ways down the bar wasn’t so lucky. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the moonlight he could see the frantic frightened eyes, and Kino aimed and fired between the eyes. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z Why had I not thought of those things before I fired the curtains? Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z In the biggest press conference that I had ever experienced anywhere, the camera bulbs flashed, and the reporters fired questions. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The man had already dropped to the ground and he swung with him and leveled the pistol and fired from a two-handed position balanced on both knees at a distance of six feet. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z “Then go get some great genius specialist, why don’t you? Why waste time messing around with me, a guy who the King fired.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He rolled as he fell and fired from the ground. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Others, seeing a Specter making for them, so strange and blank and greedy, raised their guns and fired, but of course with no effect. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z The archers on Devotion fired back, and Davos heard a man scream as the arrows found him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z She got angry and fired me on the spot. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z With the arrow still sticking out of his strap, Rondon fired his rifle into the air, scaring the Indians off. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z Chamberlain ran toward him, stumbled, cursed the bad foot, looked up and aimed and fired and missed, then held aloft the saber. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z And then she fired off the red-hot words. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Their faces weren’t hardened, and their guns were so clean I assumed they hadn’t fired a shot. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z That was all the hope I needed to get me fired up. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z I fired my avatar’s jet boots just before I hit the ground, then quickly adjusted my immersion rig’s control setup, because I was now controlling my avatar instead of a giant robot. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The missing ingredient in the story, of course, is the four- or five-second interval when the shots were actually fired. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He veered, he dodged, he forced them to overshoot once, and the men on his deck fired their pistols across the gap. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Not yet, not if it had anything to do with her grandmother getting fired. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z One of the two principals had fired first; the other had paused for a discreet and noticeable interval, and then he had fired. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z My imagination was fired by the glory of these African warriors. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The Susan Maries engine wheezed twice below the floorboards, then coughed, rattled, and fired up when Carl backed down the choke. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z “The ballista fired the first dwarf in that direction, I think. Come on.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z Walensky shrugged and fired a cigar, “Smooth as butter. What’s going on anyway, Doc? First, there’s no work for three days and then we have this mess of jiggers.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z Before it could get very far, I crossed my arms again and fired another specium ray, nailing the retreating head like a clay pigeon. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The next day, Hitler lied to the German people when he announced that Polish soldiers had fired upon the German army. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “Shut up if you do not want to lose your job because you can be fired^iam, just like that.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He jerked the car left, just as the man fired off another shot. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He shouted, waved his cap, encouraged their cheers, and fired his men with the kind of spirit that they showed here at Antietam. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The roar swelled, as though their frenzy had been fired up by something. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Blowing the 02 over the sparker, I flicked the switch on the flashlight and a wonderful jet of flame fired out of the tube. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She fired up the El Camino’s engine and let it idle in the cold for a few seconds. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The Klan leader was never diplomatic when speaking about blacks, but on this night, perhaps fired up by the recent events, C.P. was particularly mean-spirited. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Sheriff Robinson, he found some shotguns in a closet, and sniffed them to see if they had been fired recently. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z State witnesses had previously testified that there was no disorder at the mine until after the Deputies fired into the crowd. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z Ray had fired the fatal shot from the bathroom of a nearby rooming house. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In a memo, Hoover informed Stone that he had begun combing through personnel files and identifying incompetent or crooked agents who should be fired. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z The engines were fired, and sea watches were set as the crew waited for a sizable lead that would take them out of the ice pack. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z But at least one good thing came from Mom getting fired, I figured. The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Its port ballista fired a massive spear wreathed in Greek fire, which sailed straight through the broken dome of the Senate House and exploded inside, lighting up the building like a jack-o’-lantern. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Not one shot had been fired and it was all too late when the alarm had been spread and thousands of armed farmers had arrived. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sending you to Europe,” she said, “but you’re fired anyway. You, hoy, have to learn to work.” The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Now I counted the four rockets as they fired one after another, and they really felt powerful. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her office was searched by the police shortly before she was fired. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was also announced that the gun would be fired every year on Napoleon’s birthday, as well as on the other two anniversaries. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z Later that evening, after the bus had dropped the boys off at their apartments around Clarkston, Grace lay in bed, sleeping, when he was startled awake: gunshots—fired just below his second-story bedroom window. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z By the time he reached the helm, he had already fired one arrow and was nocking the second. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z It had been over a year since I’d really been with someone like that, and a crackling chain of micro-explosions fired through me. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z A shot is fired into the sky; the sound ricochets through the camp. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The battery fired twice and the air came each time like a blow and shook the window and made the front of my pajamas flap. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z He fired as the tiger was about to fell the goat. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z Scorpions fired into the ranks of the Earthborn. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z He fired a displeased look at me as I sat on my bunk, eating my dinner. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I saw that my father was a little shaken up over being fired, but at the same time he didn’t seem to regret apologizing. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z He fired the foreman responsible for failing to properly support the roof of his section. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “The last thing you said was she got you fired outta Levy Pants.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I had begun to steal logs to keep the stove fired. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z It was true that the work sometimes exhausted her, but it also fired her up. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z He elbowed and shoved and broke through and fired and started all over again, pushing his way ever closer to the house. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Maybe it was already loaded in the Japanese gun from which it would be fired; maybe it was in an ammunition roll. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Those cheers fired me anew with the spirit of the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As far as he was concerned, mine was the slowest, most no-tips time of day, and sometimes he’d stick around most of that hour teaching me things, for he didn’t want to see me fired. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone lifted a gun and fired, but the range was too long. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z She fired that look around, Farrell got his medicine and blankets, and everyone felt ashamed of themselves. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Everybody was watching us, so I fired that ball right back at him. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z He fired again, then gripped the Transvice and swung it up to smash its butt end into a man’s face, sending him sprawling, shrieking in pain. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She reviewed the ledgers, fired the cheating accountant, and took over the books herself. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z When Dad was fired, and when Mom’s patients started dropping off, they were sometimes like ghosts of themselves. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z The ship's cannon fired suddenly, sending the slave women on deck scurrying for cover. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z All told, more than seven hundred shots had been fired into the crowd, wounding more than four hundred people, including dozens of women and children. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hamilton did fire his weapon intentionally, and he fired first. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Alex let go of the steering wheel, grabbed the harpoon gun, and fired. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Only just last Tuesday Flossie was thrown from a horse that had apparently been stung in the flank by a ball bearing or BB fired from an unseen slingshot. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Bullets fired—pop pop pop pop pop pop pop—from inside or outside the camp, I didn’t know. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z It was at this moment that three more rebel muskets discovered themselves in the dark of the barn, and fired at our flank—causing great confusion, though I believe none was struck. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z They fired back into the cornfield with their own guns. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z She fired her gun at the intruder, and the blow knocked him over. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He was still frozen, watching, as the first shot was fired from above. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z “What’s the plan for your next post? You were all fired up about all those magazines we saw a couple of weeks ago.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z I fired again, but he had disappeared from sight, and I guessed from the motion of the brush that he had headed downhill, back toward the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z I worked in a Wall Street mailroom and finally found a job in the post office from which I was fired because I could no longer stand the stultifying work. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z Almost all bank tellers were fired, and so was everyone else who did paperwork and customer interface in any other business. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z After the final dial twist, he fired a brilliant red flare into the sky. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Russo was the more outspoken war critic, and it had gotten him fired. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z The conclusion was inescapable: Cockcroft and Walton had fired a proton into lithium, which in its most common form has a nucleus of three protons and four neutrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z In Cleveland, the city that claimed Garfield as its native son, cannons were fired once an hour throughout the night. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z He heard a stealthy rustle of leaves on the other side of the sandbags and fired two quick rounds. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “If he was good, believe me, he wouldn’t get fired,” he said of Peralta. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z I thought perhaps he could not hear me over the sound of the engine, and in desperation I fired my rifle into the air; but if he heard the shot, he ignored it. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Nevertheless, he was excessively trusting of some of his speculator friends; and he only fired his assistant in the Treasury Department, William Duer, after Duer’s mixing of personal and public funds reached criminal proportions. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z The driver drew a .38 caliber pistol from his pocket and fired twice directly at Spicely. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Refugees fled frantically ahead of the German troops, and when they got stuck at river crossings, the German Air Force swooped down overhead and fired their machine guns into the waiting crowds. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Quietly, almost with dignity, he stood up and took aim and fired once more at the sandbag. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Some men stopped laughing, but she paid them no heed as she nocked another arrow and fired at the second target. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The re-maining guard flung himself behind an ornamental vase and fired at Eye. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He shot two more rounds when I fired the second time, but I didn’t hear any of those rounds, either. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z But Mr. Beach always preached at least an hour and being fired up about the Lexington battle he went on longer. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He finally noticed the group running away down the street and fired off a couple of shots. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Pap waited a second, then fired the next three bullets fast-fast. The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z “The first time I fired a musket, I almost blew my hand off.” I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z And if I ain’t fired, then I need to clean that bathroom so Mister Johnny doesn’t think the secret maid is slacking and fire me a second time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Three had fired; I was one among three. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The gun my father kept under his pillow never fired a shot. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Yeah, some guy might get fired because of the pallet of Corn Flakes that went missing from the supermarket, but that’s degrees removed. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The petrol was siphoned off and, for good measure, bullets were fired through the tires. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I ducked underneath his raised arm, thrust the gun in his direction, and fired blindly. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I’m trying to get you fired up, Ben. There’s people come to watch you, son. You ought to go for about forty big ones tonight,” Colonel Meecham said, unable to contain his ecstasy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z How would she provide for her family if she was fired? The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Unlike military pistols that could fire up to six rounds before reloading, the Deringer could be fired just once. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z The four of them fired volleys at her. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z “I bet the security guards in the control room fired up the Egyptian holograms when they saw Andrew going berserk in here,” said Akimi. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z That noise—and the true peril of our situation—it darted through my arms—I presented my gun—saw a muzzle, and fired. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I’m always leading the chants, doing whatever I can to keep the Renegades loose and fired up. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z "Then Zero started choking Zigzag, and I had to pull Zero off of Zigzag. It was all over before Mom fired his gun." Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z Unseen warriors on a high hill to the south fired a few long-range shots at the soldiers behind the barricades. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z As Bronwyn shouldered our shield and climbed onto the rocks, Golan fired a few more shots, and their impact threw her off balance. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The Americans fired back, but couldn’t see if they were hitting anything. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z ‘Well, it don’t make any difference. I’ll get fired anyhow. Stranger told me get the Colonel’s horses all shined up good. Told me get Nan around saddled by four somshing, maybe by four-thirty.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z He refocused the lens and started clicking just as the sun fired a last burst of golden light over the yard before fading into the horizon. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z At first, they fired to let their fellow tribesmen know when to start the attack, and to scare us so we would drop our food. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z A radioman from K Company had set up against the seawall and was railing loudly about interference; every time battleship guns were fired offshore even the static died out, he complained. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The swelling crowd jeered and threw bricks and rocks, and another black man in the crowd, James Crawford, drew a gun and fired it into a group of policemen. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The lieutenant pulled out his pistol and fired two shots into the air. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z We were not to fire our weapons until fired upon. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “We just fired our contractor. At this rate our kid will already have moved out by the time the nursery’s ready.” The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Irritation — at being stuck in this car, at being stuck in this country — fired away. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z On the last night of July, South Vietnamese sailors on patrol boats fired missiles at radar stations in North Vietnam. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z My heart lifts a bit when I realize he must be alive because no cannon has fired. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z There was a great noise of shot, but none hit; and they turned, startled, and fired at us—as we struggled to reload. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z De la O stuck close to the commander, who fired off messages for de la O to relay on the radio. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Maybe, even, that was why Carroll got nailed, because somebody didn’t shoot enough, or maybe somebody didn’t order enough bombs dropped, or enough shells fired into some sector three months ago. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, I fired up the fuel plant, and it got to work making the additional fuel I'd need. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As the second stage fired, the craft experienced a sudden jolt of immense force. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The output included a constantly updated time for retrofire, the moment when the capsules rockets had to be fired in order to initiate its descent back to Earth. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z I see myself that first day, sitting cross- legged on a batik floor pillow, drinking green tea out of a fired raku cup, and looking up at Zora with my big, hopeful, curious, attentive eyes. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Just like the prison and the embassy, the gatehouse in the drüskelle sector was built around a courtyard so anyone entering could be observed and fired upon from above. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Lady Seymour fired off a cannonblast of a glare at her, but Madam pretended not to notice, and the master kept his face planted in his newspaper. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Down in the city, the gunmen fired off their guns. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z It was perhaps in another such fit of paranoia that Dad fired my mother’s sister Angie. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They were used as stilts in the kiln, to support a vessel clear of the clay stand on which it was fired, so that the two would not fuse together. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z A second later there was an explosive hammering on the other side as the guards fired at the door. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z ‘But as soon as the first shot is fired, no man of military age can possibly get out of Boston. They’ll see to it. It’s now or never.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The words struck like bullets fired close range, blasting my satisfaction to earth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z At four hours and thirty-three minutes into the flight, the retrorockets fired. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Mom assumed it probably had to do with Mr. Tushman, that maybe he was getting fired. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z “Is this about your grandmother getting fired from her job with the city?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z One of the soldiers stopped, lifted his gun, and fired. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z We were beginning to suspect that something was amiss when a shot was fired from behind us. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Twice, he fired his weapon into the street claiming he’d seen someone trying to climb the wall. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z He still continued to turn the gun toward me, and I fired my second round. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z “Close enough. And, lastly, were you fired from your last job?” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Then, taking the drill and its new cord outside, I connected it to the modified rover charger and fired it up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Daddy said they fired one man came in late two days in a row. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z The printer fired up a few seconds later and I placed the U.S. map next to the one with the pseudovisions on the wall. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The musket shot sounded like an explosion as it was fired at the alligator. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Both the body of a vessel and its glaze changed color when fired; a vessel that went into the kiln a dull mousy color emerged a remarkable translucent green. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z How she walked into an examining room and a patient asked “Is the doctor coming?” and when she said she was the doctor the patient’s face changed to fired clay. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z The shot that Travis Burdow fired over Rob Nelson’s team that night was a shot fired at a society that had kicked a boy from childhood on because he bore his grandfather’s name. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z None of the kilns had been fired up yet, and most of the forge fires were still banked and sullen. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Before I got fired for accusing Mr. White Manager of wearing a hairpiece, I used to clean the ballrooms at the Robert E. Lee Hotel. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z But no shots were fired and no bugles sounded. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead, Burr fired while Hamilton’s pistol was still raised in the air. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Henry grabbed the gun from him, took aim, and fired. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A few of them told Briony they had never even fired a shot. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And with each blast he fired, the warning light on his chest pulsed faster. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “Your dad just fired me. I just wanted to stop in and say good-bye.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z I am no exquisite marksman, and almost dropped the piece when it fired. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z But then Cain stepped up to the white line painted at the back of the room, drew back his yew bow, his black ring glinting, and fired. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z The heady taste of success had infused him further with morality and fired him with ambition for loftier attainments. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z He’s worked it so the Confederates would fire the first round, and he’s fixed it so they fired on hungry men. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z The fourth time he fired a pop bottle six feet from the raven exploded straight up like a Yellowstone geyser. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They fired upon us; we returned their volley. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z And he sure lit out the way he’d come when Grandma fired just over his ragged ears, as he’d probably used up eight lives already. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z “What you fired up about now?” he asked. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I know she’d just love to see me fired on the spot. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Setting that popular idea aside, the stewards fired the leg-weary Greenberg back to the barn again, bearing yet another message. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Two of the aircraft they fired at fell in flames beneath them, and the bomber formation scattered. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z He pulled a tear-gas revolver from his jacket and fired it into the air before police grabbed it. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z I fired up the engine again and kept going. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z One night, for entertainment, the Frelimo soldiers set off flares and fired tracer bullets into the sky. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers fired, but it did not slow the warriors. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z He sniffed its new-cut leaves delicately and then, after turning this way and that to get range and trajectory, he fired. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Many domestic workers in South AMca, when they get pregnant they get fired. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Schlesinger drew his pistol and fired above the boat, and by sheer luck hit the boat hook, knocking it out of the man’s hand. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Dad snapped back, “No professional shows up twenty minutes late wearing cutoffs. If he worked for me, he’d be fired.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, a few minutes later: “Torpedoes missed. Another fired at us. Four torpedoes in water.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Bringing the orbital maneuvering system online, he fired a sustained burn from the nose cone array. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z If the entire school does poorly, federal funding can be withheld; if the school is put on probation, the teacher stands to be fired. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z No longer stunned by Sheed’s betrayal, enraged, screaming, he aimed the lens into the crowd and fired. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Her last day, Cammy softened enough to tell him how Mr. Fitt had fired her in open defiance of the dean. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a loud blast as Trout fired his rifle just above her head. Holes 1998-08-20T00:00:00Z A Volley was fired — I know not who — and whether directed at us or at Capt. Draper or from Capt. Draper at the Enemy. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z He took five steps and fired a shot just over the goalie’s head. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The police fired, wounding him in the leg. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z After he spotted Guiteau looking out, Mason aimed his rifle and fired. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Nervously, Bernabe punched out the spent shells, reloaded from bullets he held in his gun belt, aimed carefully at the cripple, and fired. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon Mandela dribbled through a seam in the Seventeens’ defense, got a clear view of the goal, and fired a perfect shot: clang! Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The rocket bombs which fell daily on London were probably fired by the Government of Oceania itself, “just to keep people frightened.” 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Without warning, the CIA fired Howard, ending his career just as it was getting started. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He drew his bow and fired, but it seemed to happen in slow motion. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Ear knocked down Fist, but they fired again and again at the She Elephant. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z And so I stayed and waited to be fired. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z The program would have been much more interesting if the former mayor—the one who had fired her—had been the one to give the speech. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Courtesy of the cat, she’d fired a round, so to speak, in the direction of each. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z He fired his gun again, but the Indians were still heading his way. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z There were fires glowing all up and down Betio, and a man beside him with a waterproof watch was attempting to time the battleship salvos being fired on the island. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z The cannon that fired early this morning, did that signify his death? The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “I forged the thunderbolts, she fired them,” Stanton said. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Two months after Diana’s birth, she is fired. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z Then I fired the Vonnegut’s engines and set a course for another planet in Sector Seven, not far from Archaide. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Someone fired a musket, and a woman shrieked. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z So, generally, it is a better idea to mix iron into the ceramic of the brick before it is fired. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The training room where I first fired a gun is not far from my hidden hallway. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He fired his rifle, and two toppling trees turned to ash. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “Sir, some of the trainband fired on them from a house just down the road. The Redcoats killed them all and burned Starr’s house.” My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z If something were to happen over the weekend that resulted in another delay of the Mother Paula’s project, Curly would be fired as foreman. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry fired Stunning Spells down upon them, knocking the lead monster into its fellows, so that they rolled back down the building and out of sight. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z We were to point backward when we fired them, so that they slowed us down enough to allow gravity to bend our orbit back into the atmosphere. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z He continued, all fired up, "Because while they're out there sniffing their own butts, I get to hang out with a big man, like you. A future World's Greatest. And that's cool." Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z He quickly grabbed his rifle and fired, expertly hitting his target. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z When Dasch first started working as a radio monitor, he was worried that his rusty German was going to get him fired. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Until he was fired—mysteriously deemed unqualified for the tenured professorship he’d had for over a decade. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z “With your temper, you probably would have been fired a long time ago if not for Coach Douglas.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I didn’t tell you to try and get Auggie thrown out of the school. I didn’t want you to get Tushman fired. That was you!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Later that afternoon, someone fired a bullet through a second-story window. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z A few of them fired their guns over the heads of those who had surrendered. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A head peeked over the edge of the hatch above and Mark quickly set it in his sights, fired a shot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Moss fired off a text to Javier: we on for friday. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Charles was impressed with how charming she looked when she fired one of his guns. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z And lucky that it had, or I might have been fired. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Like machine guns that fired hundreds of bullets a minute, and poisonous gas that burned soldiers’ skin and lungs. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z ‘The second a shot has been fired, I’ll send a messenger to you,’ Revere promised. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly the young people of South Africa were fired with the spirit of protest and rebellion. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But a few days later she come home, say, “Mama? I just got fired.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It makes him wonder if public office might be in his future once he gets fired for helping all these people. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Once the piece was fired, the pattern would be so subtle as to be almost invisible in some kinds of light. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z That the police fired at the Panthers and the Panthers fired at the police. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z Around the same time, Dorothy Vaughans relative, Matilda West, possibly the black computer accused of disloyalty, was fired from her job at the laboratory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Problem is, nobody worth a toot come for the ad. People come in here, they say they know silk, but they don’t know nothing. Just hoping to get hired and fired. Get a day’s pay.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z I could have told Atahualpa that I had fired off a rifle too and that it was scary, but not to panic. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z The bullets rain over, they are not fired haphazard, but shrewdly aimed from all sides. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z By the end of 1919, Curtis had fired the entire striking police force and, as he said he would, hired a whole new one. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z The soldiers fired their guns into the air and chased the people away from the camp. A Long Walk to Water 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z He was writhing and twitching and coughing out blood, and the other soldiers were looking around to left and right for whoever had fired it, but the archer was nowhere to be seen. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z The last driver who had ordered a foul-mouthed kid off the bus had been fired. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z Despite enormous effort, I remain a hideous creature, fired into my current form by the blast from the bombs. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z When I didn’t answer, she fired and the ball went in. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The contratista walked up to Gabriel and yelled in his face, “Well this isn’t your country, idiot! You either do what I say or I’ll have you fired!” The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Scruggs threw himself down on his belly and fired blindly into the dense jungle foliage. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z “I got fired, didn’t you hear? That’s a painful subject, you shouldn’t have brought it up, good night, next time learn a little manners,” and he closed the hut door. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z This strikes me as odd, because I’ve never fired a gun in my life. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z That same month, our Post and Telecommunications Corporation, or PTC, fired more than six hundred people, causing the other workers to go on strike. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z I remembered how he had acted once before, when he fired two shots into the house. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Jones saw him coming, raised his gun and fired. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z I just wished I had been with Atahualpa and his army when the conquistadors fired off that blunderbuss. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A few weeks later, one Sunday morning, I ran in to work expecting to get fired, I was so late. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The two sharp groups of noises sounded to my ears like rifles being fired in the distance. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Hell, no. Rabbit Holman was working on it, and he told me Trask called them all in and fired them. Told them not to come back.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z A wisp of scented smoke hung in the air, drawing her down the winding path to where the red priests had fired the great iron braziers outside the house of the Lord of Light. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z Of course they did not even remotely suspect that the missile, when it was fired, the one that would annihilate the family’s Good Name forever, would come from a completely unexpected quarter. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z And then the lifesavers atop Lookout Hill fired another rocket into the wet sky, and I whirled in its light to see where the ship had foundered. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z “It was all politics that got you fired.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z A single figure swathed in furs fired a rifle into the midst of them with a gaunt dog dæmon snarling and snapping beside him whenever one of the filthy things flew low enough. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Many professors were fired, arrested, or simply disappeared, in accordance with a blacklist in the hands of the political police. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Enemy speedboats had fired two torpedoes, both misses. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z So they moved on, and were soon fired at from a new location. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z He fired a rocket at the spot the enemy boats were reported to have been seen. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z "Maybe. But it doesn't matter. He fired me." A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z The missiles were in Cuba, ready to be fired. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “We got fired on,” she said, and looked away, burning with shame at how much it had taken out of her. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z It turned out that the rebels hadn’t shot him but had fired at close range near his head. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z And I remember how sad I was when I had to get fired from the bakery and go away. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z A nine-millimeter handgun, recently fired, was found in the back seat. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z A hundred yards away a dump of Wellington boots, gas masks and capes was fired, and acrid smoke enveloped the line of men pushing forward to the bridge. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Some fell as bullets fired from the far shore tore into their bodies. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z She could have fired the jig, and he could have kept on picking up his packages at the old time, two o’clock. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Shots by unidentified gunmen were also fired in the city center, and altogether fifty-three people died. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And if heaven was on the other side of a black hole, dead people would have to be fired into space on rockets to .get there, and they aren’t or people would notice. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z “I do not know to this day whether I quit or was fired,” McNamara said years later. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Peewee aimed at the mat and fired twice. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I was getting bewildered; he so crowded on my mind his list of nature’s eccentricities and possible impossibilities that my imagination was getting fired. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z I got my laptop out from under the bed and fired it up and went onto his wall page, where already the condolences were flooding in. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z The listener’s imagination was fired by sound alone. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Luftwaffe planes fired their guns at her and at the other parachute as they drifted defenselessly to the ground. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Then as they turned to go back on board, a shot was fired from somewhere near Will, and one of the sailors fell. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z One ogre had fired up a portable barbecue and was dancing in an apron that said kiss the cook. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z They fired at each other, across the rim of the pool. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z She fired the nannies without an extra day’s pay. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m going to get fired one of these days.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Ear and Eye fired in all directions as they pulled Arm with them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Officers returned fired, killing four, injuring many more. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z A few weeks later, in early April, Bunderson fired back with a three-page motion that put a fine point on his argument about distraction and frame of mind. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Multiple shots had been fired, but the footrace to the house continued. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z The reason I couldn’t be fired was that my uncles owned every single one of them. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Henry took aim again and fired into the trees. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He’d nearly killed himself trying to finish the Argo II. Now he’d fired on the Roman camp, most likely started a war, and maybe lost the trust of his friends. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z “You killed her. Just as though you had put that gun to her head and fired.” Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z “It’s Mrs. Dimblewit; if I don’t answer, I could be fired!” Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z As if in answer, the other ship fired. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z Everyone is fired up and ready to excel, excel, excel. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z You could hear the report as the tower guards fired the gas gun, and then watch inmates disperse as the clouds of tear gas drifted toward the prison. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t revel in the way synapses fired and blood cells defended against foreign invaders. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z They saw the blue light of tracer bullets as the German night fighter fired at the trapped plane—missed—and fired again. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Pretty soon, I was determined to be fired from this one, too. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Unless it’s an emergency, you can’t come here. One more incident like the last one, and I’m out of here. Is that what you want? To get me fired?” Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z On seeing the monkey after it had been fired, Tree-ear felt a quiet thrill. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Tensions between Stanton and Johnson got so bad that in 1868 the president fired Stanton. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z She rubbed her grandmother's bracelet, then typed, “Abigail Caldwell” + “Lambert” + “fired.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They had been fired only once at the police training range. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z He was telling Mr. McAllister about the winter morning when Brother Belie Jones’s wife fired up her stove and shut the oven door, not knowing her cat was asleep in there. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z You simply turned the ignition switch with your hand and it fired, and one evening a guy did just that as Daddy was standing by the kitchen window washing dishes. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “You want to end up walking the tracks like those poor bums out there? Now get on out there before you get yourself fired.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z If Penelope got her fired, they would have nothing left. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I fired at this point, at the reason for our code. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z They fired at our backs and came after us. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z If she had fired her retrorockets when originally instructed to, she would have been pushed farther out into space without a way to return. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z At the moment blue-shirt cowboy fired, I cried out in pain and shrugged the cardigan dramatically off my shoulders. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z “Yes, fired on,” echoed the Wellington pilot in fury. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z A few hours later I found Carmen in the courtyard, really fired up. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Must have gotten it for Christmas, he thought, as he packed and fired, packed and fired. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z There are no uniforms, no holidays, the pay is less, and if you stay out sick a day you can be fired. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z Mr. Flux examined the camera, then fired again. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z According to the L.A. news, the explosion at the Santa Monica beach had been caused when a crazy kidnapper fired a shotgun at a police car. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The gun fired just as the tall man leapt to the side. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he fired quick questions about her background, her skills, her knowledge of Santa Fe. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z He practically begged me for it and said he would be fired if he did not bring it back. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Late in the second period, it was Medicine Hat’s turn, as the team’s scoring leader, Darren Helm, fired a quick shot past Vancouver’s goalie, Tyson Sexsmith. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Royal Brougham fired the first and potentially most lethal: Had he made a critical mistake by demoting his sophomores? The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z So instead, she said, “Did you know Grandma was fired from her job here?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z He put the pistol to his temple and fired, twice. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Euclid controls the gate to the castle of knowledge, where a mortar and a cannon are being fired to illustrate the path of projectiles. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I dodged the reporters, ducked beneath their cameras, ignoring the questions they fired at me. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z He smells like pine trees and fired tobacco, expensive soap the likes of which my family’s never known. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Months before, he had fired Diane Hardy, Rob’s ex-wife, the same Rob who’d come to fetch us after the second accident. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z For J. T., violence was a distraction from the business at hand; he would have preferred that his members never fired a single gunshot. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z The High Septon's crystal crown fired rainbows through the air every time he moved his head. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then he went over and sat down on the unoccupied twin bed, looked at the girl, aimed the pistol, and fired a bullet through his right temple. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z At exactly the same instant, a German aircraft swooped over Klavdiya’s head, so low she could see the pilot’s face as he fired his machine guns at her. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z I can feel the warmth of my AK-47S barrel on my back; I don’t remember when I last fired it. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z But his eyes, empty as fired cannons, shoot way past me. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z When Confederate troops fired on Union troops at Fort Sumter, Lincoln had no choice but to go to war. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z The Marines fired in delirium, cutting down the first advancing wave of Japanese infantry. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z On April 12, 1861, Confederate cannons in Charleston, South Carolina, fired on the U.S. garrison at Fort Sumter in the harbor. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z I knew that if I fired it I’d be knocked flat, but I didn’t care. My Brother Sam is Dead 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z He fired once more, hitting a tin can that ricocheted into the desperately flopping bird. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z By now, the remains of Retrieval One had their buzz batons fired up and raised. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “You did hear me say someone’s job was on the line for that book? A man could be fired if he doesn’t have it.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Behind them, Pole Star fired its own high sails. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I looked at my rifle, wondering why it hadn’t fired. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z With wild yells very uncharacteristic of peaceful mice, the friends seized their staves and charged out, fired with new zeal. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z “And yet you fired the Polish woman I hired before her first day was over,” he said, his chiding tone playful and indulgent. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Just as he had always feared, he was fired on the spot. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Following an early morning argument, she had enlisted their daughter to help her get a rope around his neck and then fired two shots into him. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Joe aimed his rifle and fired—but nothing happened because he had failed to load up. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was probably tagged with GPS but our crew fired a GPS bullet into it anyway. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Playing in my grandmother’s house, I’d hear gunshots, screams, tear gas being fired into crowds. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z He fired twice as they came over, one bird plummeting into the water and the other landing with a thud on the shore nearby. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z “Dispatch, this is car seven-two-four. We have a ten-forty-three-A. Shots fired. We need a medical team. I repeat. Shots fired. Victim is a child—a girl aged ten or eleven.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z Not a shot had been fired, not a word said. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Challenges, queries, and criticisms were fired at me by the usually objective and always alive and searching minds of undergraduate and graduate students, and their faculties. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z The second archer fired; then the third, and the fourth. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z These had been given when Hercules died to the Prince Philoctetes, the man who had fired his funeral pyre and who later had joined the Greek host when they sailed to Troy. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z He knows he's been one since the day five years earlier when he was fired from Goupil’s. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z And to make sure I had done the job right, I fired four more shots, calmly, point-blank— thoughtfully, as it were. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z I thought for a minute and explained that at first I had fired a single shot and then, a few seconds later, the other four. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z It was on a day so hot that we had to wipe our sweaty hands on a cloth to keep them from soiling our work that Mala was fired. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z My grandfather, not knowing he was soon to be fired, had splurged on four tickets to The Minotaur, playing at the Family. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “Them Hessians killt lots. Blood was running like water, they say. They fired them cannons from the ships. Blew arms and legs everywhere. Heads, too.” Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z As soon as she swung the door open, my dad fired a shot. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z Somebody gets hit by a car or gets fired from a job or wins the lottery or their pops gets blown to pieces by a grenade in some stupid war. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z I fired off a rocket flare, but I aimed it poorly. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z I can’t tell her I’m fired, I don’t want her to blame her mama and make it worse between em. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The second week of March, nearly a month after Ophie began her tenure at Daffodil Manor, Deirdre, the Irish woman in charge of the household linens, was fired by Mrs. Caruthers. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He already told us he got fired from his job, but I guess Mom thinks vacation sounds better. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Percy leaped to one side as the easel fired. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Rising up from hiding, the two scouts each fired two rifle shots. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z How delicious it would be for young Eddie to become a millionaire at the expense of the company that fired his mother! The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Finally, he fired Commissioner Curtis and began recruiting volunteers to help get the city back under control. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “They accused me of stealing something and I got fired.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Kapugen’s back would grow taut as he lifted his arms and fired his gun. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z Just an hour ago, the Crepuscule was fired upon from the woods; a bell was sounded, and we were rallied to stand to our arms upon the deck. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Then I’d think about Aunt Loma with that lapful of rat or my mother jumping up on the seat, and it was like I was a gun fired off. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Doing these things would get you fired, Testo said; and one in ten of us would receive a notice of discipline from his office sometime during his career. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He quits or gets fired because his head hurts or he has an attack where he can’t breathe. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z He tried not to breathe too deeply as he cleaned, wary of dangers floating in the air, until his manager told him he was being fired because of a downsizing. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Some civilian observers, maybe bureaucrats from the Department, stood by as several of us fired grenades onto the range using the gas gun. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he fired the phone at the wall, shattering it to pieces. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z So he pulled back the hammer, took careful aim directly on the target, and fired again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z When it was time for bed, I fired it up and listened to the static. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Others huddled together in small groups and fired at their attackers. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z "The superintendent was fired," she tells me, "and we will be working to free more women and to make sure life will be better for those who remain in jail." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z The problem in Sarajevo began when a sniper fired a gun into a crowd at a peace rally. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z She's one of the best writers at Carver, and her queen's last speech got me choked up—and fired up. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Chamberlain aimed the pistol, fired, hit the man dead center, down he went, folding; smoke swallowed him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z We did not have to be told; but as Corporal Craigie hissed, we lowered our muzzles—and, his signal given, fired. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “She fired me. And, uh. She told me I need to figure out if the way I feel about him is worth the risk.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z “I’m from Earth! My name is Jonathan Williams, and these ” “Yes, I know,” soothed Mr. Xxx, and fired his gun. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z We stood still, trying to determine whether the soldiers had fired the shot. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Or, if hired, maybe he would be fired soon if she kept acting like that. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He always reloaded the gun as soon as he had fired it, for, he said, he did not want to meet trouble with an empty gun. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z With the onset of the Korean War, he enlisted in the army, serving as an artillery sergeant, calibrating guns being fired on enemy infantry. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “He’s really fired up the segregationists,” Grandma said. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Not the marriage proposal, the summit conquered, the first shot fired, nor the last one either—the treaty at Appomattox, the knife in the heart. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z The Argo II rose above the ruins and all the ballistae and catapults fired simultaneously. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Its eight cylinders fired, the carburetor sucking in vast quantities of fuel. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z They dropped to one knee in groups of four and fired their rifles as if they were on the practice range, not budging an inch as Iorek’s mighty bulk hurtled toward them. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z “I just fired him. We discovered that he was sneaking children into the theater. Isn’t that a terrible thing to do?” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z Just as fired up as I was, Aunt BB followed me up the street. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Shelling from helicopters and cannons fired from mountaintops was the army. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z When he was in third grade, his mother had made certain that the teacher who dared give Charles a B on his papier-mâché volcano was fired. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z That last line made me feel totally fired up. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z Both Franklin and the French officials knew that many of the American soldiers who won the battle had fired French bullets from French guns. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The next shot was fired by the Washington Post. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They could hear windows breaking and shots fired after dark. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z He feared Thyon would have him fired, and he was braced for it, but it didn’t happen. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z Alan had fired one round when I shot my first pair, but I didn’t hear him shoot. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He lurched and opened his mouth; I thought he was going to throw up again, but he fired off a wet burp that made my skin crawl. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z She held her own pistol up, pointed at the man, held her breath, fired: CRACK! Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z It’s about getting fired nineteen times in the same small town. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Before she finally fired her, my aunt said, “Stupid woman, she thinks she’s white.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Again we fired—one was hit—he swore, bent low—and we began again to load. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z The truth is, Mr. Tushman had it in for me because my mom was trying to get him fired. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Neylan ordered him fired again, and this time the dismissal stuck. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The lieutenant ordered an RPG to be fired, but the commander of the rebels heard it as it whooshed its way out of the forest. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z After all, I hadn’t fired any rockets since his last order to stop. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Wal-Mart employees who have bucked the company—by getting involved in a unionization drive or by suing the company for failing to pay overtime—have been fired for breaking the company rule against using profanity. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z She would have to stay home from work and be fired. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z In my mind I heard her say, “Don’t you dare mow this or I’ll tell your father you fired that sniper rifle.” Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z He fired again—a fan spewed up to the right. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Lori’s teacher had stopped showing up around the same time Miss Page was fired, so Mom was assigned to teach Lori’s class. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z He had no fear about what the police or National Guard would do when the Klansmen fired the first shots. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Alvarez fired his rockets as he sped past the target, then began banking to come around again. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Then, without further coaxing, he mimicked her steps perfectly, and crouching low, nocked an arrow, drew back, fired. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z This time only a few fired at the warriors before remounting. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z Across the country, people built bonfires, organized parades, fired guns, shot cannons, and sang patriotic songs. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Guards had their guns out, and he could hear shots being fired. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When the man stepped back into the frame of the window to draw the bow again he fired. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z His boss fired him right there, with all the oranges around him. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z We fired Columbia’s rocket engine shortly after we swung around behind the moon’s left edge, out of touch with the earth for the first time in three days. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z But Bien fired a shot instead, surprising everyone, including the Blue Springs keeper. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z I fired back and one grunted and dropped to the ground. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the wife of the shooter—who was riding in the passenger seat—there was a brief dispute over loud music before shots were fired from one vehicle into the other. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I fired off three more flares and it was instant daylight. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “Someday I’ll be fired on in the air, and I’ll go down in flames just because I’m too blooming scared to fly the plane.” Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Everbody looking over at us thinking I must be getting fired or something. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Having made the decision to stay, it would be stupid to get myself fired. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Spender fired steadily, sometimes while glancing at the silver book he carried in his hand. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z The carbine fired again, this time dinging the artillery unit itself. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z Then I fired up the EVA suit, leaving the helmet off. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Angelo fired again and so did I. Then they were gone. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “But, no, I’m not fired. It’s all good.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z It was funny—as much as Candice hated what people had said about her grandmother, she was sometimes glad she had been fired. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, thanks to Revere and Dawes, church bells rang and muskets fired—warning signals from the Patriot network that the British were coming. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Among the things we could get fired for, Nigro advised, were arriving at the Academy late or drunk—once we were allowed to go out, that is—or, oddly enough, sleeping in class. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Why was this office still hers, still exactly the same, if she’d been fired? The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He smiled at us, lifted his gun, and fired several rounds toward the sky. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “No one’s taking our hostage compahero anywhere,” one of the peasants said, and in order to emphasize the words they sent the would-be rescuers packing with a short volley fired into the air. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z The first is with an officer who fired on a man who was threatening to kill his partner, Dan: Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The gun had not fired off its round! Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He fired over the side at the creature’s body, lodging arrows in the chinks of its shell; but that only seemed to annoy the monster. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z He fired again, but the shot missed widely, and I thought I heard him curse. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z But within six months of the vuvv landing, she was fired. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “What’s wrong with saying good morning to the teachers? They teach you and you should respect them,” An Yi fired back before I could stop her. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “My mother can come, but my father dare not miss a day. He’ll be fired.” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z Clarisse yelled, ‘Romans, you have fired on our camp! Withdraw or be destroyed!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z And yet this morning, he had stood his ground and fired a level and positive No at Brother Leon. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I got fired from several restaurant jobs when my employers found out I was the one who wouldn’t give up her seat. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z As the android’s hands sank into his throat, Rick fired his regulation issue old-style pistol from its shoulder holster; the .38 magnum slug struck the android in the head and its brain box burst. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z At that point, he was fired by the University of Minnesota. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The questioners had all the efficiency, coldness and command of themselves of Italians who are firing and are not being fired on. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z As they approached, Stone Fox fired his rifle into the air. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They fired at the second man again, destroying his other arm, and he fainted dead away. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Havermeyer grinned and nodded and tried to explain how he dumdummed the bullets with a hunting knife before he fired them at the field mice in his tent every night. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z In the first wave of his attack, Van Riper had fired twelve theater ballistic missiles at various ports in the Gulf region where Blue Team troops were landing. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z He’d been a high school teacher before the communists fired him—this was shortly after the coup of 1978, about a year and a half before the Soviets had invaded. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Which means, if I am no longer being fired at, there is at least one other tribute close at hand. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z Jesper fired at the two men leading the charge down the dock. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She been trying to get fired from Smart Aid all summer, and it had proved next to impossible. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Actually, it was half the school board, and you weren’t really fired, but your contract wasn’t renewed for next year.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z In the days that followed, Tree-ear visited the kiln every evening in an attempt to glimpse Kang’s mystery wine cup after it was fired. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z Overcome with emotion, Ann would not recall whether she was fired or whether she simply walked out of the house that day. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Once I set up the solar panels, I fired up the oxygenator and let it work through the backlog of C02 that the regulator had stored up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z By the time they fired their second shot, the balloon was almost out of range, hurtling up into the blue and speeding out over the sea. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z In the final moments, Jeremiah fired a shot from ten yards out. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The quicker the orders were finished, the sooner they’d be fired. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z I jumped down and ran toward him, but before I reached him he had fired three shots. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Discharged with or without honor, fired with or without severance, dispossessed with or without notice, they hung around for a while and then could not imagine themselves anywhere else. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z He got fired from the kebab house near Haji Yaghoub Square because he and a customer got into a scuffle. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z I would probably get fired for doing this. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z I was surprised that the first shots fired at us came from within the black community. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I never ran out of ammo, because each time I fired a round, a new round was teleported into the bottom of the clip. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Over and over, Gary fired off into his father, who was much stronger than he was. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The sister pressed the starter and to everyone’s surprise, the engine fired. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Then out of habit I fired off the Repentance Psalm: Have mercy upon me, O God, according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z It could get him fired, or worse, cause serious trouble for his family. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z Maybe even prevent our dads from getting fired in the first place. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z It looked to him they were shrewder guessers than their elders who were trying to believe that not a shot had been, or would be, fired. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z No matter what it was, whether it was the obstacle course or crawling under barbed wire while real bullets were fired over us, we Navajos were just about the best. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Shots were fired from near-by houses, he said, but the guards used their riot sticks until they were broken. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z At that point in American history, no police department fired its guns more than that of Prince George’s County. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z Halfway through the movies we heard the sounds of big guns being fired in the distance. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Zack sidled to the door before he fired his parting shot. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z He fired his gun again and again at the bodies. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look. Now it’s just a little rundown concern with a few outlets. Your daughters are disillusioned. I’m disillusioned. That young man you fired is disillusioned.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the deputies aimed at Starzeleski and fired five shots into his back. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z The drill fired right up, and I was back to making holes. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But the man who fired the gun gets off no more than a warning shot, because the mob rips the shotgun from him and pulls him down into a melee of angry hands. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z The beetle came in a single whistling trajectory, fired from an invisible rifle. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z When the shots were fired, the president's aide and his friend since college, Colonel Almon Rockwell, was in the station ready to accompany the Garfields on their summer trip. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Most people were walking the other way; they gaped at him, drenched in water and blood, but he answered none of the questions fired at him as he ran past. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z If I were recognized, would I be fired? Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He raised his .22 and fired, pap-pap-pap-pap, saying, “What was that? What the hell was that?” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “We fired a volley for a brave and loyal soldier who had died doing his duty,” Roosevelt wrote. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z One fired at the Americans while the other retreated to a new position and waited. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z George's father was summarily fired from his job; his family was told to leave town or else they would be lynched. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z This was false bravado—I doubt I could have gotten them fired—but it seemed enough to in-spire some hatred of me, if not fear. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She had just fired up the stove and put the kettle on when Grandpa walked in to eat dinner. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z Violet never knew what it was that fired him up and made him want—all of a Sudden, but later than most—to move to the City. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The paper said she’d gone down to the courthouse and fired off a few shots of her own. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Yet Angelo insisted—he had fired at a different pig, a black one. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z Moments later, Peshawa slithered through the Fifteens’ defenses and fired a shot that clanged into the chain-link fence of the backstop. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z We went above; we formed; we fired a single volley with our muskets. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Once, on the way, he suddenly put the box down, raised the rifle and fired into some bushes by the edge of the road. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z All the marines I read about fired their guns like crazy at everything that moved. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A hundred smudge pots had to be filled with fuel, fired up, and kept burning all night. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Mai continues: "Dell Duke is trying to find you. Maybe there's some kind of reward, because he's pretty fired up." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I don’t know if he was fired or laid off. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z She does that when gunshots are fired outside, when our upstairs neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Lyon, are fighting, yelling. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z Another round had entered and she fired it into the ground. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Four thousand shots were fired in ten minutes. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z The cannons fired once more, then fell silent. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z And after Theo returns to The Hague, Vincent has another New Years chat with his parents, just as he did the year before, when he wanted to quit Goupil’s and ended up being fired. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z A former teacher in Newport News’s public schools, he had taken the Newsome Park job after being fired for joining what was one of the most bitter and contentious of all of Virginia’s teacher-pay-equalization lawsuits. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Giving it a little extra, Palmer fired a final cannonball. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z If we fired them while we were pointed forward instead of backward, instead of reentering the atmosphere we would be boosted into a higher orbit, with no way to get down from it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Someone fired a cannon a stone’s throw from where we stood. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The soldier leader shouted, and the soldier guns fired. In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z At that point, Jason and the girls would have a few seconds to take cover before the ship’s catapults fired on their position, engulfing the palace in Greek fire and bursts of Celestial bronze shrapnel. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z At that moment I aimed the gun above his head and fired. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z “You fired yet?” he shouted across the parking lot. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Mark pointed the gun at the people on the hatch door of the Berg and fired off two quick shots, knowing he needed to get their attention immediately so they wouldn’t notice Alec. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z Dad’s getting fired has a lot to do with why we sold our house. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z In a split-second decision, whether for fight or flight, it sprang; and in the same instant the boy raised his rifle, sighted and fired, all in one quick motion. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z When we left, we threw kerosene on the thatched-roof houses, lit them with matches, and fired a couple of RPGs into the walls. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z The men chasing them were undercover police officers—but Antonio didn't know that when he fired. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Not wanting to be left out, I fired Leopardon’s Arc Turn weapon, a gold boomerang that launched from the mech’s forehead. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z In April 1952, President Truman fired MacArthur after the general made public statements disagreeing with the president over how the war should be waged. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Someone fired back at him once, and he recognized the shot. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “I had to go because you couldn’t go. I had to. But this whole time, you didn’t care and you didn’t tell me anything. You told me she fired you!” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The ranch hand waited until his quarry had reached the door, then fired a farewell volley: “If you ever run for sheriff again, just forget my vote. ’Cause you ain’t gonna get it.” In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z While Johnny was in the kitchen drinking coffee, a boy came from the school with a note from the principal which said that Johnny was fired because of neglect. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nazi businessman who took over the company immediately fired all the Jewish workers, all except my father. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z Pistol shots cracked from the stern as pentathletes fired their weapons out over the empty ocean. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z I used to think she was the second-best mom in the entire world, until she fired my mom and I decided to hate her. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z “You said the daughter, she had something to do with Constantine getting fired? What happened?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Lourdes fired her after she found Pilar in her bassinet smeared with chicken blood and covered with bay leaves. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z But then he aimed the gun and fired it. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z When he’d finished the hand, Inej had suggested they speak in one of the private gaming parlors to spare him the embarrassment of being fired in front of his friends, but Rojakke wasn’t having it. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The other night, on TV, I saw people in Bosnia running across the street, getting fired upon, killed, innocent victims . . . and I just started to cry. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Coaches were fired all the time for poor records. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Eye fired his Nirvana gun at the creature. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z She wasn’t taking in a word of what she read; she could think of nothing but Mo and the shots fired in the night. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z As the gunshots fired off outside, I gently tapped my toes on the keys and hummed “Tumbling Tumbleweeds” to myself, thinking about what I should write. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She’d almost dropped it when she had fired the first time. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Isaac ran toward a nondescript building while Augustus fired a machine gun wildly in a series of quick bursts, running behind him. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z An instant later he had yanked his own gun from his hip holster and fired into the mist, the robe, the blue mask. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z If he fired a third shot now, there would be no way he could miss. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Instantly he whirled and fired in the direction of my voice. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z Then she lowered it to his knee and fired. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “The Greeks have fired, on us! Your boy Leo has trained his weapons on Rome!” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We fired a few shots, even though we didn’t see anything. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who saw him said that he fired his musket even as an arrow went right through his beard. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z “Get up! They’ve fired the engine and are fixing to take off!” Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The men fired again and again, and, when the animals got to close quarters, lashed out with their sticks and their heavy boots. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z If Edward was inside the suit when they were fired, then he had certainly been killed. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z When glazed and fired, the slip blurred or ran, making the edges of the design indistinct rather than crisp and clear. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z There were many Austrian guns in the woods on that ridge but only a few fired. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z They were talking about Webb and Forbes and how the cheerleading coach fired them on the spot for leaving at halftime. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z We entered—heard a crack—and found ourselves fired upon. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Green fired up the blubber stove in order to get some hot milk into the sailor. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He took it, bowed politely, then fired off some orders. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z “It worked out well, actually. When I was fired I had just started classes here, and they were able to give me some work in the offices. I’m studying to be a cameraman.” The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z According to Van Ness, Hamilton took aim at Burr and fired first, but missed. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Mayor Smiley raised a pistol to the sky and fired. Stone Fox 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘You, you, you and you. Check all the onagers. Make sure they’re operational. I want them fired simultaneously as soon as possible. Go!’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Dad turned the key and the Brown Bomber fired up. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z She raise her eyebrows at me and say, “Then it behooves me to inform you that you are fired, Aibileen.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z At exactly four forty-five, sunset, the warship Michigan fired one of its cannon and continued to fire twenty times more as one thousand men quietly took up positions at each of the exposition’s flags. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Those he challenged fired back with equal ferocity. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z My negative feelings about Sam were finally confirmed when he was fired from the foundation some months later. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Ellsberg asked the platoon’s lieutenant why his men had fired at the hut. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Three North Vietnamese boats sped up and fired torpedoes at the Maddox. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Winifred fired off a pebble from her sling, knocking a ferret clean out of his perch into empty space. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z At other times a cheery fellow, the doorman often complained bitterly about having been fired from his job of twenty years in the Westing paper mill. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s only fired a gun... what, once? Twice?” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t do to get fired on her first day like the Polish woman Mr. Richard had talked about. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z In an instant Milligan had pulled out his tranquilizer gun and fired—but it was too late; Mr. Curtain had gone too far. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z Suddenly, people were saying, ‘Have you heard? At sunrise this morning over at Lexington the British fired on us.’ Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z They fired their guns in the air in their joy at having found water, and they shouted “Allah akbar!” which means “God is great!” Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z The chamber was fitted between the pole faces and immediately fired up. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “A stunning blow from the big Greek lexicon, which an old fellow in a black gown fired at him,” said Ned. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z He could hardly wait to see the pieces after they were fired. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z A guy in work clothes leaned out the shotgun window with an actual shotgun and fired a long-tailed streamer into one of the logs. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “Sam Hamilton is sinking four wells—if he didn’t get fired too.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z As the enemy marched through the occupied streets, a few desperate Loyalists fired upon them from gables, then slid down roofs on their bellies, and fled. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z We were fired upon, and heard shots in the night, signals between rebels on opposite shores, but knew nothing of what these shots might mean, the language of ordnance spoken in the gloom. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z During this time rockets loaded with atomic bombs can be assembled at all the strategic spots; finally they will all be fired simultaneously, with effects so devastating as to make retaliation impossible. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Madame Sabbar raised the slingshot and fired the next grape so straight that it catched Jimmy, who hadn’t had no chance atall to bend his face down, right twixt his eyes. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z The Marshal fired at them, and then jumped out of a window, his arm broken. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just because they’ve declared it an unfortunate accident doesn’t mean they’ve fired everyone. And the government isn’t going to lock him up just because he killed a rebel under duress.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z “Well, if they did have information, they should have used it to help my grandma. Maybe they would have found the money. Maybe she wouldn’t have gotten fired.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Theodore Tilton was fired from the Independent, so he moved to Europe, where he was offered a job at the Golden Age, a new magazine funded by his nemesis Henry Ward Beecher. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z No longer could I see the Conflict through the Smoke & Evening — who fired, &c. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Two shots exploded in the afternoon sunshine as both Clay and one of his friends fired at the huge reptiles. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Sullivan had fired him in 1893, but later Wright and Sullivan became friends. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z One of the Indians—“not 15 steps” away—fired a gun at them but missed. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z In the second hour, the trio of professors stopped taking notes and just gawked at Jake as he fired off one correct answer after another. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z If Tariq had fired first, Jack would be just another victim of gang violence. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Candice didn’t know if he was talking about her being fired or the heart attack that killed her. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z They had been joined by some sailors who were whooping and hollering gleefully as they slashed with their swords and fired their guns. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I trotted over to the picnic table and used the bench to step up and stand on the tabletop as I had done the night I fired off the sniper rifle. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z Mom used to work as a housekeeper at Emanuel Hospital, but she got fired because she was caught stealing supplies. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z Perhaps he had been fired for stabbing the fairy in Pirate’s Alley. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In thirteen seconds they fired sixty-seven rounds, injuring nine and killing four. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z "You can't get her fired up about stuff like that anymore," Starry lectures. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Are you telling me they fired that last woman already?” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The first articles were all about how her grandmother had been fired after digging up a tennis court at Vickers Park. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z It lacked glazes, was made by hand rather than on potters’ wheels, was baked in open fires rather than in kilns, and was fired at relatively low temperatures. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The MPs fired a few rounds into the air to get us to stop, but we were still fighting, so they had to part us by force. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z Many women and Jews were fired from their jobs, but the Nazis did not count them as unemployed. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Without any warning, one of them raised his gun and fired into the air. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z They printed up handbills with the divorce story on it and mailed it to the home of every taxpayer in Carlton, asking the question, “Should someone be fired because of this?” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll take a blunt button hook and pull his tonsils out by the by jingoed roots, just like I promised him. He doesn’t quit. He’s fired.” Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z He fired off a quick text to Javier as he walked up to his mother: On my way. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Red fired at him through the window and knocked the dog off the table and onto the small wood-burning stove that stood at the back end of the bus. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’s over there somewhere though, he fired three times!” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z People fought with fists and bricks; soldiers fired on the crowd, killing two and injuring more than two hundred. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z I caught a glimpse of him at the top of the stairs and fired once more as he darted through the opening. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z He had arranged to have himself fired because he wanted to spend more time looking for gold. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z In fact, Babi thought that the one thing the communists had done right—or at least intended to—ironically, was in the field of education, the vocation from which they had fired him. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z By the time the competition realized the threat—usually when Bien fired a perfect cross or let loose with a bicycle kick—it was often too late to react. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z If you fired a cannon to the west, the ball would go further than if you fired it to the east. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Sergeant Boston Corbett, one of the men under Baker’s command, has fired a bullet that slices through Booth’s spinal cord and paralyzes him from the neck down. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Shielding his eyes with his hand, he fired the full clip in his automatic toward the sound of the Laughing Man’s heavy, sibilant breathing. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z First, Pendleton and Van Ness agreed that both principals fired their weapons. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z As the funeral train left Washington for Cleveland, warships in the Navy Yard fired their guns and bells in the city's churches and schools rang. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z “The shots that were fired in the parking lot. That was Crystal’s new boyfriend trying to scare Fuchsia.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z He’d shared a link that morning to a new story he’d written about a school board voting to ban some book, so I guessed he hadn’t been fired. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z The gun fired and the con exploded in flames. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z Anyone seen out of a foxhole would be assumed to be an enemy and could be fired upon. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Farther along the street, a detachment fired upon a house. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “The one who fell asleep inside his car. What’s going to happen to him? Will he be fired?” Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Probably he had fired into the air; they were always doing that. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z Ophie saw how quickly and easily the Carutherses hired and fired help, and it once again lit a fire of anger in her that her and her mama’s fortunes were so out of their control. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z They were at the stage the potters called “leather-hard”— dried by the air but not yet glazed or fired. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z She had gone right when I fired slightly to the left, and I caught the coyote fair in the front of her neck, killing her almost instantly. This Side of Wild 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. You was running fast enough after he fired that shot.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Kappe was finally fired when he wrote an anti-Semitic article about a Jewish businessman. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z Seconds later, he fired his pistol into the back of Lincoln's head. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Henry pressed down on his finger, and the gun fired. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z The leading boy slowed down and held up his pistol and fired two or three wild shots toward the temple. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Unofficially, she was fired because of a secret letter that no one except her wanted to investigate. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I was down in the first cove by the valley when they fired the rockets,” said Frank. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I told them I dint think he should be fired and have to find another job because he had a wife and a kid. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z “He thought someone had better babysit it right up until the moment it was fired.” Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They fired their machine guns at the planes, but their guns were no match for the bombers. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Deliberately he threw the lever of the rifle, and then he raised the gun and aimed deliberately and fired. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z I could tell she started thinking that maybe this wasn’t about Mr. Tushman getting fired, after all. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Two other guards came out of the bus and fired random shots into the bushes at us in the dark. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z Bronwyn instinctively went to comfort her— “Don’t look, little magpie!”—and the soldier riding shotgun fired into the air. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Momentarily the crowd stood dazed, thinking that the bullets were plastic and had been fired into the air. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A high government official had told a joke on an airplane that had gotten him fired. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z She definitely wasn’t as fired up about all of this as Dimple was. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z The Redcoats fired a volley and charged with bayonets, killing eight Americans. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The latter replied; they buckled, but fired; they advanced still in that hail of lead. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z “This is the only talk he will understand—” he turned and fired over the railing of the bridge. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z As Alex leaped headfirst through the nearest door, they brought up their machine guns and fired. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I knew that if they had succeeded in getting me fired they would have considered it a triumph of proletarian tactics. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z A sailor informed us that the enemy fired upon the Otter sloop-of-war and that fire was returned from the six- and nine-pounders. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Celaena’s arm trembled with effort as she pulled the string back a bit farther and fired. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “Made one hell of a noise and fired rubbish everywhere, as far as I can tell,” said Mr. Diggory. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z It will be the greatest concentration of artillery ever fired. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m going to get fired for missing my shift. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z Suffice it to say the British expedition met with resistance at Lexington, and fired upon the local militia. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z As if fired from a cannon, the priest himself came hurtling out, with his pelican daemon in a wild flutter of feathers and injured pride. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Frowning, she thought a minute, and then her face shone as though a torch were fired inside her. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Guns were fired, and people hugged one another in the streets. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z And you can imagine how it felt when he got fired from all three stupid jobs. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I vaguely understood that to his mind there was just one thing that wasn’t clear in my confession, the fact that I had hesitated before I fired my second shot. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z He hadn’t known until the moment he fired that he was capable of shooting a woman. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z They were saved from the fury of the mob when an undercover state police detective on board brandished his revolver, fired a shot into the air and ordered the attackers to fall back. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z Kate dreamed she was back in the circus, being fired from a cannon. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z A couple of brown boy missiles fired down the hill away from Fry High. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean to get you fired,” he said. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I’m halfway down the hill when I remember I haven’t fired my gun once, and wonder if Dad will say anything. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z The McDonalds fired all their carhops in 1948, closed their restaurant, installed larger grills, and reopened three months later with a radically new method of preparing food. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal 2001-01-17T00:00:00Z The last things I remember hearing are Darren’s hoarse scream and a male voice shouting, “Shots fired! Shots fired! Send emergency medical crews ASAP.” Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z I hadn’t played yet, but I was fired up and ready to go. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z We fired and fired until there was no return. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z A dozen replicas had been fired in three separate batches, and the last firing yielded a pair of superb vases. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z The officers said they thought the wallet was a gun, and fired forty-one times. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He stepped into the bedroom and fired twice and the twin beds went up in a great simmering whisper, with more heat and passion and light than he would have supposed them to contain. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z The British had sailed their war ships up the North River and had fired on the town, but now all danger was past. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I fired four more times at the motionless body where the bullets lodged without leaving a trace. The Stranger 1989-03-13T00:00:00Z “I didn’t know how to tell you . . .” “You didn’t know how to tell me? How' about: ‘Cathy, I got fired because I was drunk at work’? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “Captain Candless—” Nailer broke off, thinking of the shots fired in the darkness, the spray of blood as the captain went down. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z “The answer is no, you didn’t, because no, I wasn’t. Besides, Finnegan was going to find something to fire me for sooner or later. I’m glad it was something worth getting fired over.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z The gun fired, and I saw the gobbler go down. Old Yeller 1956-01-01T00:00:00Z The speeches fired up the Klansmen, but as a secret society standing outside of the mainstream, with no well-thought-out plan of action, the Klan had little influence in Durham’s affairs. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “No, you couldn’t. They not only fired through the ice, they shot her.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z As I began to run, Max fired up my ’80s music playlist. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Let me qualify my previous statement: It was next to impossible for me to get fired from Smart Aid. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z “Who fired that shot, Bud? Who beat up Joe and his friends?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z One man fired a rifle, and then Tozier talked to him. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z It was inevitable that I was going to be fired sooner or later. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z "I ain't saying that. I've definitely been scared of somebody before. Real scared," I added, thinking about how loud a gun sounds when it's fired in a small room. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z When Peralta came back to work about two weeks later, he was fired. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z Like all the scientists involved in the discovery, Oppenheimer was fired up by new ideas in physics, deeper glimpses into the weird inner world of atoms. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The moment I pushed the panic button in the rover, there was an ear-popping whoosh as the pop-tent fired out, attached to the rover airlock. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He adjusted his position and sighted along the old Winchester until he had the port engine mounting plumb in view, and fired. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Today, when she was here, she was especially fired up. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z Apollo’s archers fired a volley, dozens of arrows sticking in the thick armor of the giants like porcupine quills. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “Shots been fired, a man was hit. What does that mean, a misunderstanding?” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I mean, seriously, it even got me feeling a little fired up. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He flashed the ambulance’s emergency lights and fired a quick whirring blast from the siren as he came up our long, flat driveway. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z I never ever had something in school excite me before, but the plant unit we did with Mr. T had me fired up. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z As the sun dipped below the mountains, it fired a final dart at Archie’s flashing eyebrows. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z They were driving to the job site and Zeitoun had finally managed to relax, knowing he wouldn’t be fired that day. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z I opened up my holster, took the pistol, aimed at the one who had talked the most, and fired. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z She fired shots into the ceiling to get them out. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “Well, the big Death Eater had just fired off a hex that caused half the ceiling to fall in, and also broke the curse blocking the stairs,” said Lupin. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Men could be fired for even talking about it! Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z A movement below: he let go of the flower, sighted, fired. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I was sure we could have gotten through to the south if they had not fired on us. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Their government bosses considered it too political, and in the summer of 1937, Houseman and Welles were fired. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “Maybe I saw their faces over the muzzle fire. I just fired where I thought they were. I’ve never aimed at anything. I’ve never seen anything to shoot at.” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z They set up cardboard people and fired at them for hours. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z “The school board has fired a whole bunch of teachers! Forty-four people in all. Including you.” The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z If I am to be fired, please, let it be for something other than this.” The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z A Talib had fired three shots at point-blank range at three girls in a school bus—and none of us were killed. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z We walked around Canal Grove, and my brain fired off more thoughts than I could handle. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z I realize he must be the one who fired the cannon. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z The unwritten motto of United States Robot and Mechanical Men Corp. was well-known: “No employee makes the same mistake twice. He is fired the first time.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z And once I had them fired up with slavery, I would shift the scene to themselves. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z |
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