cannonball

Example Sentences

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“We need to have the basic things,” said Biniam Girmay, a high-speed cannonball from Eritrea who in 2024 won three sprint stages at the Tour de France.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Instead of casually wading into the shallow end, skimming the surface with tepid bits of history about Mansfield’s life and career, Hargitay opts for a cannonball.

From Salon • Jun. 27, 2025

You curl into a cannonball and pray for salvation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024

His Napoleon watches Marie Antoinette die at the guillotine and fires a cannonball at the Sphinx.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2023

But the crew of a big warship didn’t just fire off one cannonball at a time.

From I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 by Lauren Tarshis