trebuchet

Example Sentences

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These days, thousands of spectators show up to watch contestants pitch pumpkins using trebuchets, catapults, centrifugal machines, and other contraptions.

From Salon

The developers behind strategy sim Age of Empires IV took some time out to talk about the trebuchet and how it will fit into the game.

From The Verge

Their long arms function like trebuchets, producing cannon-like serves and powerful forehands.

From New York Times

Besides, it’ll be one more notch on your quarantine belt, next to the sourdough rye, the Byzantine trebuchet and teaching your dog French.

From Seattle Times

Eason — a 6-foot-6 junior with a trebuchet surgically attached to his right shoulder — took the first snaps with the starters and completed a series of short passes, but failed to consistently move the offense.

From Seattle Times