Big Bertha
Example Sentences
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It became synonymous with German military power, producing the Big Bertha gun during World War I, and later building tanks and U-boat components for the Nazis.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
They’re constructed from recycled stainless steel in sizes with catchy names: Big Bertha at 40 ounces, Grace at 27 ounces and the Firecracker at 18 ounces.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021
He points out Big Bertha, one of the largest of all snowdrops with broad, gray-green leaves, apple-green inner petals and a green blotch at the tip of the outer petals.
From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2019
Big Bertha was the nickname for a World War I German howitzer but also a fatheaded golf club.
From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 29, 2016
‘I’ll need you and Piper to run interference. I’ll reprogram the snake, then Big Bertha.’
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
