covering fire

How To Use covering fire In A Sentence

• The artillery gave us covering fire, ie shot to protect us.
• Under the covering fire of the gunships, troop-carrying helicopters raced into the airstrip.
• artillery provided covering fire for the withdrawal
• Concrete emplacements were built but they were few and far between with each emplacement having little ability to give any other covering fire.
• Flanking chambers built into the inner wall of the ditch provided covering fire across the face of each caponier to prevent the enemy laying charges to destroy them.
• A kind of ‘covering fire’ across media battlefields makes it easier for the candidate to just keep on dissembling.
• As there are no contraventions of the legislation covering fire precautions, the certificate cannot be cancelled.
• The commandos pushed forward under the covering fire of their artillery.
• I remember local TV covering fires, riots, quakes, floods, shoot-outs, and other plane crashes, and I won't say they were always models of restrained journalism.
• Under covering fire they charged the building, throwing grenades into it and securing the position.