broadside

Example Sentences

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The Dunlap broadside was a broadside in a figurative sense as well as a literal one, blasting its message like cannons fired from the side of a warship.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Mohamed Salah has been welcomed back from the Africa Cup of Nations with open arms due to a lack of firepower up front despite his public broadside towards Slot last month.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

After the game, he launched his final broadside in his last answer, which included the statement he "would not quit".

From BBC • Jan. 5, 2026

Musk, who had a rather messy departure from his official government role in May, is once again making waves with a social media broadside against another Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.

From Salon • Oct. 27, 2025

“These waves are thirty-footers if they’re an inch. If they hit us broadside, we may capsize—and I prefer to sail this ocean right-side up.”

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman