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gunfight

[ US /ˈɡənˌfaɪt/ ]
[ UK /ɡˈʌnfa‍ɪt/ ]
NOUN
  1. a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten

How To Use gunfight In A Sentence

  • The gunfight takes place in the dark, as it did in Stagecoach. The Times Literary Supplement
  • The peace-loving citizens of Stodge City need a hero to save them from vicious gunfighter The Rumpo Kid.
  • It's a little bit like holding up a bouquet of flowers in a gunfight. Times, Sunday Times
  • The gunfight was started by a group of three militants who fired shots from the roof of a school near the Dutch camp, the police said.
  • Western heroes are often lawmen, ranchers, army officers, or a fast-draw gunfighter.
  • During the gunfight a fire broke out which immediately engulfed the neighboring houses.
  • Wordlessly, Joe turned and walked a few paces, setting the distance for the gunfight.
  • Tombstone, an easy day trip from Tucson, does however offer one vision of Arizona's pioneer days: clapboard and adobe buildings, and, of course, re-enacted gunfights.
  • Come up with a case where a Western gunfighter actually undertook a gunfight with a revolver in each hand.
  • All of these men, along with gunfighters, banditos, soldiers, Indians, lawmen, saloon girls, even ladies dressed in the height of fashion, gathered for one purpose.
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