How to Use depth charge in a Sentence

depth charge

noun

• Louisville football's depth chart looked as if it had been hit by a depth charge.
  — Tim Sullivan, The Courier-Journal, 1 Nov. 2020
• The sub was pinned in close to shore as destroyers and other ships dropped depth charges.
  — Peter Eisner, Smithsonian, 29 Sep. 2017
• Nobody went anywhere near it because of the depth charges.
  — J.d. Crowe | [e-mail], al, 3 Aug. 2019
• The Bullhead was likely the victim of depth charges dropped by a Japanese plane.
  — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Nov. 2019
• The stakes rise with every depth charge and meter descended.
  — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 22 Dec. 2020
• Greiner's destroyer picked up survivors of the sinking ship and dropped depth charges.
  — Brian Albrecht, cleveland.com, 20 Mar. 2018
• This is a juicy, fruity light red fruit matrix with a depth charge of lime and acidity melded with cocoa on the finish.
  — Tom Mullen, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2023
• That's where destroyers newly equipped with depth charges will come in, the company said.
  — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 18 Sep. 2018
• The destroyer dropped several depth charges over the side (the depth-charge launcher had yet to be invented).
  — Joshua Levine, Smithsonian, 19 Apr. 2018
• Bolts blasted out of their sockets and the solid metal hull dented inward, as if a depth charge had gone off nearby.
  — WIRED, 15 June 2023
• The show’s inescapable power comes from the emotionalism of great music, and in the current production every bit of its depth charge sounds.
  — Corby Kummer, The Atlantic, 8 July 2018
• Rather than splay out from the convoy at speed, dropping depth charges at random, as was current common practice, Laidlaw and Okell lined the escort ships up around the convoy.
  — Simon Parkin, Time, 29 Jan. 2020
• But Strong is content to walk us through the paces of Salinger’s troubled ascendancy without igniting any depth charges.
  — Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Sep. 2017
• Spears’ June 23 statement was the depth charge that started the irreversible sinking of the conservatorship.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 12 Nov. 2021
• Each side took turns maneuvering, escort ships dropping depth charges and U-boats dodging under the surface.
  — Dallas News, 4 Feb. 2020
• Still left to remove are the Evolved Sea Sparrow surface-to-air missiles, anti-submarine depth charges, and 76-millimeter cannon shells.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 19 Dec. 2018
• Allied weapons and sensors improved steadily, and the surface ships could use depth charges, explosive mortar rounds and even surface guns against the U-boats once the vital element of surprise was lost.
  — James G. Stavridis, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2020
• The Poseidon can track ships and submarines across vast areas of ocean, deploying missiles, depth charges and torpedoes from a rotary launcher to sink them if necessary.
  — Rob Taylor, WSJ, 9 July 2018
• This retrospective sent a collective shivering depth charge through viewers’ psyches and showed that Neel was the painter par excellence of modern life.
  — Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
• The effect of one in this drink is substantial, a stealthy allium depth charge that lends a vaguely roasty, vegetal note and that rides atop the gin’s natural botanicals for a crystal-cold wave of savory flavors.
  — Craig Laban, Philly.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• The Poseidon has a bomb bay for carrying anti-submarine torpedoes and depth charges, and can carry Harpoon anti-ship missiles on its wings.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2018
• Among the munitions documented were Hedgehog and Mark 9 depth charges — explosives that were typically dropped from warships to attack submarines.
  — Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Oct 2024