How to Use cruise missile in a Sentence

cruise missile

noun

• The real issue is that the Lightning apparently flies low, like a cruise missile.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 13 Nov. 2019
• Several countries are building cheaper anti-ship cruise missiles, which fly shorter distances but can be launched from planes.
  — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
• Taleblu pointed to a Chinese and Russian cruise missile that can be disguised in a cargo ship’s container.
  — Eli Lake, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2019
• At a news conference Wednesday, the Saudis displayed broken and burned drones and pieces of a cruise missile that military spokesman Col.
  — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
• The Tomahawk cruise missiles in the Carney’s vertical tubes can hit targets over 1,600km away.
  — The Economist, 14 Nov. 2019
• So, does the Air Force need its new stealth cruise missile?
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 July 2021
• Note the drone and cruise missile kill markings on the turret.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 1 Sep. 2023
• That’s nearly as much as a cruise missile with a range of hundreds of miles.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 10 June 2021
• An hour before that, at least one cruise missile was seen flying north of the city.
  — Marc Santora, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Nov. 2022
• The Air Force released a new video of a B-1 bomber carrying a cruise missile on the outside.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 27 Nov. 2020
• Of those, Ukraine downed 18 cruise missiles and 25 drones, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.
  — Aurora Almendral, NBC News, 24 Mar. 2024
• The ministry said seven cruise missiles were shot down, and all sea drones were destroyed.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 13 Sep. 2023
• Gremlins could also be used as a low-cost cruise missile.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 21 Jan. 2020
• More than five thousand troops in Iraq were basically in lockdown by the time the cruise missiles hit the two bases.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2020
• Britain also led the way in being the first Western country to supply long-range cruise missiles to Ukraine.
  — Garret Martin, The Conversation, 6 June 2023
• The Houthis fired an anti-ship cruise missile toward a U.S. Navy destroyer over the weekend, but the ship shot it down.
  — Tara Copp, Fortune, 18 Jan. 2024
• Two weeks ago, Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 43 cruise missiles at targets across the country.
  — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2023
• In the post, Inbar said there was a huge sail with room for several ballistic and cruise missiles.
  — Greg Wehner, Fox News, 8 Sep. 2023
• Yet a cruise missile attack on his compound in Afghanistan missed him by an hour, and two other planned attacks were called off at the last minute.
  — Clay Risen, New York Times, 10 Aug. 2022
• Just hours after the strike Russia sent two warships armed with cruise missiles to the eastern Mediterranean.
  — The Economist, 28 Feb. 2020
• Specifically, Europe can and should give far more middle- and long-range cruise missiles to Kyiv.
  — Norbert Röttgen, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2023
• The Ukrainian air force said Russia fired 39 cruise missiles Wednesday.
  — John Hudson, Robyn Dixon and David L. Stern, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
• In the maneuvers, a missile boat fired anti-ship cruise missiles at a mock target.
  — Felipe Dana, Anchorage Daily News, 21 July 2023
• Britain was the first country to send Ukraine a package of long-range cruise missiles, beginning in May and was followed by France in July.
  — David Martin, CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
• Russia sent a message of military strength, launching a Kalibr cruise missile in the Sea of Japan on April 6.
  — Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2022
• That month, the militants fired their first salvo: cruise missiles aimed at Israel.
  — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 13 Jan. 2024
• Over the past decade, there has been an increase in the proliferation and use of ballistic and cruise missiles.
  — Andrew Metrick, Foreign Affairs, 28 Mar. 2024
• The pilot observed a long cylindrical, cruise missile looking thing, fly right over the top of them eastbound.
  — Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes, 26 June 2021
• The administration pointed to the lack of ballistic and cruise missiles used in the latest strike on the city Sunday, but reminded citizens not to ignore air raid sirens that have plagued the city for more than two years.
  — Caitlin McFall, Fox News, 1 July 2024
• The flagship, Admiral Gorshkov, is also in possession of anti-ship cruise missiles.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 14 June 2024

Last Updated: 21 Sep 2024