Example sentences for: artillery

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

  • It could also have "devastating" effects on Western opinion by giving the impression that NATO is only bombing buildings in Belgrade because it is incapable of taking on the Serb military units in Kosovo, where Milosevic appears "to have all the time he needs to empty villages, mine frontiers, bury his tanks and armored vehicles, and install artillery batteries opposite the KLA bases in Albania."

  • The Times Bosnia dispatch, by blue-chip foreign correspondent Chris Hedges, describes an increasingly serious situation: Thousands of Serbian police and troops backed by artillery and tanks pressing into the Albanian forces surrounding a Serbian pocket.

  • Since October, more than 100,000 Russian troops have inched through Chechnya, leveling villages with low-precision artillery and dumb bombs.

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

  • Clark wanted to use his air assets to target tactical assets, such as tanks and artillery pieces in the field, while Short wanted to hit strategic targets, such as ministry buildings and power plants.


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