Example Sentences

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Torpedoes are launched by both vessels, but suddenly things vanish when they are supposed to make impact.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023

The Loudoun Valley Estates Torpedoes summer swim team is fun for kids, Melanathuru said, including his 11-year-old daughter.

From Washington Post • Aug. 10, 2022

The rise of MTV helped Petty further establish himself among younger listeners who might not have reached record-buying age until after Damn the Torpedoes, Petty & the Heartbreakers' 1979 commercial breakthrough, was released.

From Time • Oct. 3, 2017

Torpedoes had never been used on such a scale to investigate economic crime before.

From The New Yorker • Jul. 27, 2015

Torpedoes were used extensively during the civil war in America, but almost entirely for rivers or harbour defence.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick