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.
When about 50 yards from the shore the pinnaces cast off, leaving the boats to be rowed to the beach by their naval crews, under covering fire from the warships.
If you'd stuck your head out to give me covering fire you wouldn't be pushing this wheelchair.
A weapons amnesty, covering firearms, imitations, air weapons and blank firers, together with knives and other weapons, was launched across Surrey this week.