How to Use artillery in a Sentence

artillery

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  • The troops were being bombarded by artillery.
  • The tanks had stopped on the beach, some hit by artillery, some knocked out by mines.
    — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
  • Big Ben’s tolling and the loud report of artillery guns.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Yet artillery boomed and plumes of inky smoke rose from a battle on the far side of the river.
    — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 14 June 2024
  • The sound of war is constant, with artillery and rocket duels on the horizon to the north.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2022
  • He was drafted at age 20 and served in the artillery unit, stationed in North Africa, Italy and France.
    — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
  • This meant that Ukraine required heavy artillery of its own.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
  • For days on end, the brutal strikes of Russian artillery ... don't stop.
    — Arkansas Online, 10 July 2022
  • The West has been too slow, and the need to even out the artillery disparity is urgent.
    — Jillian Kay Melchior, WSJ, 12 July 2022
  • The armored cab keeps the crew of four safe from heavy machine gun and artillery shrapnel.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023
  • Along with artillery shells, missiles and drones, Russia’s war in Ukraine is fought in the economies of both countries.
    — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The war in Ukraine could hinge on whichever side could produce or procure the most heavy artillery.
    — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2022
  • In the early winter darkness, lights flash on the horizon as the two armies trade artillery fire.
    — Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
  • The first use of Shahed-136 drones in Ukraine took place in August in the northeast of the country and was tested on Ukrainian artillery.
    — Armani Syed, Time, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Those that remained upright are pocked with small-arms fire and holes from artillery fire.
    — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 8 July 2024
  • The island is out of range of older Ukrainian artillery.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2022
  • The first time her home was hit by artillery fire, Ghada helped moved her family south to Rafah, farther from the eye of the war.
    — Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
  • And Kim Jong-un now is providing artillery shells to – to Russia to fight the Ukrainians.
    — ABC News, 27 Nov. 2022
  • The two main roadways leading west out of the city are, in effect, artillery alleys.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Serhii Cherevatiy, a spokesman for Ukraine's forces in the east, said Soledar was hit by Russian artillery more than 90 times in the past day.
    — Andrew Meldrum, ajc, 12 Jan. 2023
  • At 6:30 in the morning, his base came under massive artillery fire.
    — TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
  • When the artillery shells hit, young men press themselves to the earth, hands cupped over their ears, mouths open to let the blast wave ripple through their bodies.
    — Jeffrey Gettleman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2022
  • The missiles come on top of a steady stream of artillery shells, as many as a million rounds, that North Korea has agreed to ship to Russia.
    — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The Israeli air and artillery forces are supporting the offensive, the IDF said.
    — Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In areas out of range of Russian artillery, the Dnipro remains a vital part of Ukrainian life.
    — Nicole Tung Marc Santora, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • Instead, Ukraine used Turkish Bayraktar drones to bomb the head and tail of the column, while Ukrainian artillery battered the rest of the convoy.
    — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • But since the start of the conflict, Ukraine’s fields of rich black soil have been trampled by troops, cratered by artillery shells, burned and salted with landmines.
    — Howard G. Buffett, CNN, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Nearly every morning the whomp of Russian artillery shells fired from miles away, across the Dnipro River, shakes the city.
    — Jeffrey Gettleman Finbarr O’Reilly, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Yet as dusk settles near the 66th’s forward artillery units, the idea seems beset with insurmountable risk.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
  • Russia has lost 180 artillery systems in the past three days, according to figures provided by Ukraine's military.
    — John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025

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