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
If C had chased through, we would have been hit broadside: “They have absolutely no respect for traffic laws.”
From Slate • Jan. 16, 2026
Van de Ven and other players appeared to confront supporters at The Vitality Stadium following Antoine Semenyo's late winner, with Romero later launching his public broadside at the club.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
“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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
