Example sentences for: sputnik

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

  • It opens at one of the Cold War's cultural turning points: the appearance of the Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 in 1957, when the people of Coalwood (and everywhere else) gathered on their lawns to get a glimpse of the moving dot of light in the October sky.

  • Sputnik hasn't had to face the latter problem yet.

  • Sputnik was launched on Oct. 4, 1957--the first man-made object to orbit Earth.

  • The Russians built the sturdy Sputnik, MiGs, and AK-47s, but they couldn't make bras or toasters.

  • One month later, Sputnik 2 carried Laika the dog in orbit for seven days.


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