Example sentences for: artillery

How can you use “artillery” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In the Battle of Orleans — fought in Chalmette down the river — General Sir Edward Packenham and his redcoats marched in proper formation across the battlefield like toy soldiers — straight into the American artillery.

  • With two steamers, antiquated artillery, and 94,000 lire in funds, Garibaldi set sail from Genoa with his “Expedition of the Thousand. ”

  • Great blasts of brass; a fugue built on a long, solid cable of a theme; climaxes that follow each other with the deafening regularity of an artillery barrage; horns that blare from the balconies: Nearly every moment seems calculated to matter.

  • In 1921 the Germans placed their artillery here to defend the colonial port of Amoy, as Xiamen was known to Westerners.

  • The Croats laid siege to Mostar, penning 50,000 Muslims inside, cut off food and water, and launched an artillery bombardment.


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