rapid-fire

Example Sentences

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“Were you reading the book or writing a book?” he grumbled, but before I could say something back, he pulled out a notebook and started asking questions rapid fire.

From Literature

The Internet Freedom Foundation said the compressed timeline would transform platforms into "rapid fire censors".

From BBC

The format - as the name suggests - involved rapid fire sketches, some lasting just ten seconds and none lasting longer than three minutes.

From BBC

Case studies by America’s National Fire Protection Association of nightclub fires in Europe and the U.S. repeatedly show that when sprinklers are absent and interior finishes are too flammable, rapid fire growth overwhelms occupants before they can escape.

From The Wall Street Journal

With a “profound lack of precipitation across all of Southern California,” Neil Lareau, associate professor of atmospheric science at the University of Nevada, Reno, said, “not only are the already dry fuels dry, but the live fuel moistures were very low, so it just supports that very rapid fire growth.”

From Los Angeles Times