Example sentences for: destroyer

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

  • 4. The spark that ignited TWA 800's fuel tank could have been caused by one of these misdirected power surges, since there were several military planes, helicopters, and even a naval destroyer travelling nearby at the time.

  • Haida, a destroyer active in World War II and the Korean War named after the peace-loving Haida Indians of British Columbia.

  • Vice presidential candidate Dick Cheney also urged swift retaliation against those responsible for bombing the destroyer, saying:"Any would-be terrorist out there needs to know that if you're going to attack, you'll be hit very hard and very quick.

  • The Dixie was a large tender that repaired and serviced combat vessels, mainly destroyers and destroyer escorts, at fleet anchorages, first at Ulithi and later off Leyte in the Philippines.

  • So, for instance, Culturebox, who lives in suburban Pelham, N.Y., and works at Microsoft--where Alice McDermott's novel Charming Billy and Bill Gates' Business @ the Speed of Thought are the two top books, respectively--gets not only to spy on her neighbors and co-workers but also to find out what her fellow citizens in Anniston, Ala., and counterparts at a competing high-tech company, IBM, are reading: Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye's wacked-out Christian sci-fi thriller Apollyon: The Destroyer Is Unleashed , and a boring-sounding book called The Profit Zone: How Strategic Business Design Will Lead You to Tomorrow's Profits , respectively.


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