Example Sentences

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He rambles on: “We are even adding Battleships, which are 100 times more powerful than the ones that roamed the Seas during World War II.”

From Slate • Feb. 6, 2026

He was on the winning team of Battleships in his time slot.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023

Battleships and bomber planes took hold as motifs.

From Washington Times • Oct. 21, 2014

Battleships like the Iowa make an ideal backbone for a task force because they are able to fight any enemy surface vessels that may be encountered and can keep up with the swift carriers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Battleships are all right when we need them, but even then it is the man behind the gun who tells, and that means the schoolmaster.

From The Battle with the Slum by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)