MISSILE in a Sentence
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48 example sentences for MISSILE, such as:
1. A missile hit the ship and sank it.
2. The missile deflected from its trajectory.
3. We got a fix on the missile launching site.
4. Their most potent weapon was the Exocet missile.
5. They claimed to have shot down one incoming missile.
2. The missile deflected from its trajectory.
3. We got a fix on the missile launching site.
4. Their most potent weapon was the Exocet missile.
5. They claimed to have shot down one incoming missile.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of MISSILE
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missile
n. a weapon that is forcibly thrown or projected at a targets but is not self-propelled
n. a rocket carrying a warhead of conventional or nuclear explosives; may be ballistic or directed by remote control
Classic Sentence: (18 in 2 pages)
1 She could be as unscrupulous in fighting for herself as she was reckless in courting danger, and whatever came to her hand at such moments was likely to be used as a defensive missile.
2 Jurgis seized a bottle off the counter as he ran; and as the bartender made a leap he hurled the missile at him with all his force.
3 He did not stand stolidly baring his furry belly to the missile, and die with an upward glance at the sympathetic heavens.
4 The sensitive clergyman shrank, with nervous dread, from the light missile.
5 It was reported, and believed by many, that an Indian had drawn his arrow against the badge, and that the missile struck it, and fell harmless to the ground.
6 It struck beneath my ear, and stopped the sentence I was uttering; but, pulling it out, I sprang to the door and delivered another; which I hope went a little deeper than his missile.
7 But others swarm up; nor meanwhile do stones nor any sort of missile slacken.
8 We met but three times, when Mr. West and Mr. Fairbanks, both class-leaders, with many others, came upon us with sticks and other missiles, drove us off, and forbade us to meet again.
9 They would jeer him, and, if practicable, pelt him with missiles.
10 He had a conviction that he would soon feel in his sore heart the barbed missiles of ridicule.
11 He thought he must hasten to produce his tale to protect him from the missiles already on the lips of his redoubtable comrades.
12 Nor do the bold Rutulians care longer to continue the blind fight, but strive to clear the rampart with missiles.
13 Shouts run all along the battlemented walls; ringing bows are drawn and javelin thongs twisted: all the ground is strewn with missiles.
14 Hope comes to kindle wrath; they hurl their missiles strongly; even as under black clouds cranes from the Strymon utter their signal notes and sail clamouring across the sky, and noisily stream down the gale.
15 His comrades follow up with loud cries, so the father may withdraw in shelter of his son's shield, while they shower their darts and bear back the enemy with missiles from a distance.
Example Sentence: (30 in 3 pages)
1 An investigation is underway after a missile self-destructed shortly after it was launched.
2 Their most potent weapon was the Exocet missile.
3 A hand-grenade is a missile weapon.
4 It is still not clear why the missile veered off course.
5 The Defense Department has been pressing private contractors for options to speed up deployment of missile defenses.
6 A missile hit the ship and sank it.
7 The guidance systems didn't work and the missile couldn't hit its target.
8 The missile warhead hit the target, effecting a nuclear explosion.
9 The missile had torn a jagged hole in the side of the ship.
10 The missile deflected from its trajectory.
11 Thomas had a mission, to destroy the missile and prevent the shapechanger from carrying out his criminal activities.
12 UN official reports supported the preliminary findings that the plane was brought down by a missile.
13 They claimed to have shot down one incoming missile.
14 We got a fix on the missile launching site.
15 The laser guidance system dramatically increases the likelihood that the missile will strike home.