How to Use artillery in a Sentence

artillery

noun

• The troops were being bombarded by artillery.
• Big Ben’s tolling and the loud report of artillery guns.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
• When the artillery shells hit, young men press themselves to the earth, hands cupped over their ears, mouths open to let the blast wave ripple through their bodies.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2022
• Called to active duty, Mr. Brown served two years as an Army artillery officer in Germany.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024
• In the end, for all the grand heraldry and pageantry of marching bands and artillery firings throughout the first six hours of funeral events, the quieter moments were the ones that seemed most evocative and resonant.
  — David Zurawik, CNN, 19 Sep. 2022
• The tanks had stopped on the beach, some hit by artillery, some knocked out by mines.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
• Yet artillery boomed and plumes of inky smoke rose from a battle on the far side of the river.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 14 June 2024
• He was drafted at age 20 and served in the artillery unit, stationed in North Africa, Italy and France.
  — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
• This meant that Ukraine required heavy artillery of its own.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
• The armored cab keeps the crew of four safe from heavy machine gun and artillery shrapnel.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023
• Along with artillery shells, missiles and drones, Russia’s war in Ukraine is fought in the economies of both countries.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
• The war in Ukraine could hinge on whichever side could produce or procure the most heavy artillery.
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2022
• The first use of Shahed-136 drones in Ukraine took place in August in the northeast of the country and was tested on Ukrainian artillery.
  — Armani Syed, Time, 20 Oct. 2022
• Those that remained upright are pocked with small-arms fire and holes from artillery fire.
  — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 8 July 2024
• The first time her home was hit by artillery fire, Ghada helped moved her family south to Rafah, farther from the eye of the war.
  — Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
• And Kim Jong-un now is providing artillery shells to – to Russia to fight the Ukrainians.
  — ABC News, 27 Nov. 2022
• The two main roadways leading west out of the city are, in effect, artillery alleys.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
• Serhii Cherevatiy, a spokesman for Ukraine's forces in the east, said Soledar was hit by Russian artillery more than 90 times in the past day.
  — Andrew Meldrum, ajc, 12 Jan. 2023
• At 6:30 in the morning, his base came under massive artillery fire.
  — TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
• The missiles come on top of a steady stream of artillery shells, as many as a million rounds, that North Korea has agreed to ship to Russia.
  — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• The Israeli air and artillery forces are supporting the offensive, the IDF said.
  — Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
• In areas out of range of Russian artillery, the Dnipro remains a vital part of Ukrainian life.
  — Nicole Tung Marc Santora, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• Instead, Ukraine used Turkish Bayraktar drones to bomb the head and tail of the column, while Ukrainian artillery battered the rest of the convoy.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• But since the start of the conflict, Ukraine’s fields of rich black soil have been trampled by troops, cratered by artillery shells, burned and salted with landmines.
  — Howard G. Buffett, CNN, 7 Dec. 2022
• Nearly every morning the whomp of Russian artillery shells fired from miles away, across the Dnipro River, shakes the city.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman Finbarr O’Reilly, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2022
• Tanks were firing, as was artillery, creating a wall of noise.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• At the onset of the war, our home was struck by numerous artillery shells, damaging the water tanks, the stairs, my niece’s room, and our kitchen.
  — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
• Russian forces have been training them in artillery, drones and trench clearing.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
• There is a reason why armies generally have one type of tank or one kind of artillery for each need.
  — Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2023
• Kim has also sent artillery shells and missiles to Russia to bolster Moscow's invasion that will hit the three-year mark in February.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024