How to Use grenade in a Sentence
grenade
noun-
The item was determined to be a smoke grenade and posed no threat, police said.
— Brian Lisik, cleveland, 1 Nov. 2021 -
There are videos online showing drones swiftly moving in and dropping grenades down an open tank hatch.
— Letters To The Editor, Washington Post, 25 July 2024 -
Then came a second grenade, followed by an eruption of gunfire that would last until morning.
— Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2021 -
Players always know where and when every enemy, every bullet or every grenade will be.
— Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021 -
In April, a Highland Park spokesperson said an old hand grenade was found at the bottom of the bluff April 6.
— Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 26 Oct. 2021 -
Russia has already deployed unmanned ground vehicles that can launch antitank missiles, grenades, and drones.
— Mark A. Milley, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2024 -
Because the grenade looked real, police personnel evacuated the lobby and called out the sheriff’s bomb-arson unit.
— Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2021 -
Drop drones, consumer quadcopters fitted with a mechanism to drop one or more grenades, can drop bombs with extreme accuracy from an altitude of a few hundred feet.
— David Hambling, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024 -
The grenade was transported to the Southwest Enforcement Bureau.
— cleveland, 29 Oct. 2021 -
Every few minutes, firecrackers explode, simulating grenades and artillery fire.
— Polina Lytvynova, NPR, 7 Sep. 2024 -
Throughout this time the volcanic isle’s sprawling shoreline and rolling hills have served as a crucial military training ground where U.S. troops detonate grenades and fire heavy artillery.
— Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024 -
One such exhibit is a copy of the handbook used to train FARC recruits, which shows you how to do everything from launching a grenade to setting up an orderly camp.
— Steph Dyson, CNN, 28 Sep. 2021 -
At the front door was a bag of grenades, abandoned by Hamas.
— William Booth, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023 -
Fragments of the grenade were pulled from Mr. Page’s face.
— Matt Schudel, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022 -
The Capitol shook with the force of percussion grenades, and smoke rose above the crowd.
— Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024 -
There was a grenade, and the biggest choice of his life — to be made in an instant.
— Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024 -
And this will give players a new grenade that is unique to the player's class.
— Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2024 -
Shoppers can grab a Chemex pour-over or a hand grenade mug.
— Emma Balter, Chron, 31 Mar. 2022 -
Army trainees learn basic skills such as how to march, shoot guns and throw a grenade.
— Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022 -
At the eighth hole, golfers threw a rubber hand grenade and played their ball from where the grenade landed.
— Su Bacon, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024 -
Peck added that flashbang grenades were also used against the crowd.
— Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2023 -
River’s been beaten, stun-gunned, tied up, left for dead, and blown up with a grenade.
— Joe Reid, Vulture, 18 May 2024 -
Bombing is simply a matter of tilting the drone so the grenade rolls out.
— David Hambling, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 -
In the heavy slot, zero grenade launchers or machine guns, and just one sword.
— Paul Tassi, Forbes, 15 Apr. 2022 -
Many of the drones used in the conflict are off-the shelf-models that have been customized to carry grenades.
— Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023 -
The Army describes the type of device the diver found as a riot control hand grenade.
— Michelle Watson, CNN, 4 June 2023 -
The Kalashnikov burger comes with mayo; the grenade with onion rings; the PK machine gun with tomatoes.
— New York Times, 21 June 2022 -
It is equipped with a 30 mm gun, a machine gun and/or a grenade launcher, and can travel up to 60 miles per hour.
— Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2023 -
And Antwerp has been rocked by shootings and grenade explosions linked to drug gangs.
— New York Times, 4 Dec. 2021 -
The grenade was found to be inert and, according to its owner, was bought at an air show.
— Salvador Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'grenade.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.
Last Updated: