Example Sentences

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Three were Cabinet officers, fireable by a President.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Granted, some would consider his first-round series game management against the Minnesota Timberwolves a fireable offense, particularly in Game 4 when he used the same five players for an entire second half.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025

My question is: Is this a fireable offense?

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2023

"When you're asked a question, you run it through your head and say 'what is the least fireable response I can have to this right now?'" one employee explained.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2023

If they fire it, one or other will certainly be killed at its tail in Blue's subsequent move, and then the gun will be neither movable nor fireable.

From Little Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books. by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)