fired
having lost your job
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,447 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,004 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
adjective
- having lost your job also: discharged, dismissed, laid-off, pink-slipped
fired in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Evidently they thought that it had been indeed a wraith at which they had fired.
The Treasure-Train · Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin) Reeve · Chapter 1
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In fact, he was deeply affected, unable to resist the enthusiasm which fired his companions.
The Fortune of the Rougons · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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Then he fired the fuse, climbed out of the shaft, and ran fifty yards away, Fetlock following.
A Double Barrelled Detective Story · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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I then remembered that the best thing to do after having fired your gun is to reload it.
In the Wilderness · Charles Dudley Warner · Chapter 1
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The warning was unheeded by Ford, who entered upon the premises, when Biscoe, true to his word, fired upon him.
The Red Record Tabulated Statistics · Ida B. Wells-Barnett · Chapter 1