Examples of 'misfired' in a sentence

Meaning of "misfired"

misfire (verb) - to fail to fire or explode properly, especially in relation to firearms. It is also used metaphorically to describe a plan, idea, or joke that fails to achieve the intended result
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  • simple past tense and past participle of misfire

How to use "misfired" in a sentence

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The plot misfired because of faulty communications.
Because he realised his scheme had misfired.
Misfired today during routine startup tests.
The gun either misfired or was not loaded.
Elisabeth is said to have been killed by a misfired bullet.
Clark misfired right from the beginning.
The gun must have misfired by itself.
His gun misfired and he shot their daddy.
The launch sequencer has misfired.
Ben was just a misfired synapse in my clearly mushy brain.
Almost got you killed when it misfired once.
His pistol misfired and the attempt was unsuccessful.
But his BioNorm pacemaker misfired.
He said he misfired the arrow by mistake.
I happen to know that your experiments have misfired.

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But the banks had misfired long before.
Pointed this at my head and it misfired.
Later determined his weapon misfired during a suicide attempt.
My little plan seems to have misfired.
I misfired over here once.
I told him the gun misfired.
This is misfired on all elements.
Bangarraju asked me help and it misfired.
He only misfired four bullets.
They had attempted to use a gun which misfired.
Or why it misfired that bazooka.
They should not have misfired.
Our plan misfired and she had to commit suicide.
This was not the first time he misfired a gun.
When he misfired his weapon.
The fourth attempt apparently misfired.
Delivering a carelessly misfired comment can seriously damage a relationship.
Thus their cruelty has misfired.
Found a misfired bullet.
His final stage misfired.
Plan misfired already.
There is no way they should have misfired like that.
This plan misfired when the spirit inhabited her mother instead.
The gun jammed or misfired.
It misfired two times and meanwhile you kicked him in the balls.
He stuck two pistols in the stomach but both misfired.
The dialectic plan therefore misfired for several reasons.
One of the cops told me that the shell misfired.
This was a misfired shot.
He did not say anything but he thought the journey has misfired.
The news should be that a service revolver misfired while it was being cleaned.
We told the press that it was a advanced weapons test that misfired.
Bauer had misfired.
Lawrence then pulled out a second pistol which also misfired.
The gun misfired.

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