quick-fire

Example Sentences

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Mark Normand’s always had a special brand of brutally funny, quick-fire comedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

I played their game like ping pong, returning their quick-fire questions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

The Los Angeles Rams shook off a slow start with a quick-fire pair of third-quarter touchdowns to hand the reeling Baltimore Ravens a 17-3 NFL defeat on Sunday.

From Barron's • Oct. 12, 2025

When elite teams start to see less of the ball, and when the opposition isn't so pinned back, it becomes more important to have a solid midfield base that can block those quick-fire counters.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

He was only twelve then, but he could have been twenty-two: his quick-fire intelligence was already being cooled by gravity, the brittle self-assuredness of adolescence already annealing into the self-confidence of adulthood.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee