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

Here they tautologically come, slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024

Locals schlep their own gear to the jagged lava rock perches that line the coast and cannonball into the turquoise sea.

From New York Times • May 29, 2024

You curl into a cannonball and pray for salvation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2024

Why there was a garden hose on the roof, Frank wasn’t sure, but every time the giants sent up a cannonball, Percy summoned a high-powered blast of water and detonated the sphere in midair.

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan