misfire

He tried to clear the gun, but it misfired again.

Whatever they had planned misfired when you got in the way.

The bomb, which may have been there for more than a month, had misfired.

The Ravens have not played a game and they are already misfiring.

This one misfired, and Bradley never got a second chance.

He aimed the gun at her head, and it misfired.

The gun misfired, however, and the judge was not hurt.

Her brain must be misfiring, that was the only explanation.

He went to shoot another man, who was there with his wife, but the gun misfired.

"The only explanation I can come up with is that the gun misfired."

The minute those rockets misfired I was certain we were dead.

The two misfired on several attempts last week against Pittsburgh.

With 15 minutes 32 seconds remaining, Smith misfired from close range.

The next time the Jets misfired was even more frustrating.

But the shot misfired, starting him on the same sort of night he endured in Game 1.

"You were taught what to do if a shell misfired."

They tried to shoot him in the chest, but the gun misfired.

Perhaps the cartridge was too old; any rate, it had misfired.

He even misfired on what should have been a follow dunk.

I don't know if it misfired or hit what she was carrying in her hands.

Lawrence then pulled out a second pistol which also misfired.

But this part of the plan had also misfired.

But all attempts to focus the image more sharply misfired.

It was a hot, late August day when one of my casts misfired.

That put the Jets in good field position after they had misfired repeatedly themselves.

He did not want a misfire with his single shot.

It is used to clear the gun after a misfire.

In a moment 1 understood both the plan and its misfire.

And I have heard nothing as to its misfire, so we shall leave well enough alone.

He was right there to seize upon their every misfire.

All the same, the string of misfires this season is growing long.

As it happens, she is also the film's biggest misfire.

That is, a pretty good one, especially once you edit out the misfires.

It made a lot more sense to use a new gun than risk having the old one misfire at a critical moment.

The continual misfires were the main reason that the team shot 36.4 percent for the game.

And thanks to the series' thoroughness, the misfires are here too.

She didn't think there was much danger of a misfire.

He is convinced that his misfires from the perimeter are not the problem.

Which among the estimated 80,000 genes misfire to such consequence?

The site also includes news about her culinary hits and misfires.

It was just the latest in a string of misfires by the Navy.

If the gun misfires on the very first shot of the game then something spectacular and unusual has happened.

They were still going to have an appalling number of misfires, but he'd done all he could to minimize them.

There are a number of misfires and no truly classic episodes.

Wouldn't do to have a misfire due to blood in the barrel.

He has had his share of misfires in Britain.

So much glory (and the odd misfire), all written in water.

Later I realized that this preliminary glow was some kind of misfire.

The danger of a misfire was greater over water.

Usually her outfits come together quite easily but there has been the odd misfire.