cannonading
Example Sentences
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"His footwork," wrote the Associated Press reporter Whitney Martin, "consists of moving forward in a direct line to a point where he is within cannonading range."
From The Guardian ● Nov. 13, 2012
Cut off by the German cannonading, the Americans began to run short of ammunition, water, food.
From Time Magazine Archive
When the cannonading was over I took the visitor out into the street again.
From Time Magazine Archive
Wars may come & go, but the cannonading over the question whether there is or is not a U. S. school in art goes on forever.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cannonading was only the result of a reconnoissance, and in a few hours ceased altogether.
From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by S. Emma E. Edmonds
