quick-fire
Example Sentences
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In another, he appeared irritated by what he felt was mocking "quick-fire" questioning.
From BBC ● May 10, 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
He speaks with a quick-fire cadence, spilling out thoughts as if his words can’t keep up with his brain.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024
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
