How to Use trebuchet in a Sentence

trebuchet

noun

• Come to think of it, who even needs trebuchet-proof glass?
  — Liam Denning | Bloomberg, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2019
• Watch pumpkins being dropped down the world’s largest plinko board and hurled through the air with a trebuchet.
  — Pomerado News, 26 Oct. 2017
• Launch jack-o'-lantern into ravine on one of 3 unique trebuchets.
  — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• Richard, a freshman who has a trebuchet for an arm, has just thrown his seventh touchdown pass.
  — John Walters, Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2014
• Pumpkins will be tossed by a large trebuchet and dropped down the world’s largest plinko board, sponsored by The Original Pancake House.
  — Pomerado News, 7 Oct. 2017
• An unathletic, low-scoring wing with a trebuchet shot release will always be a bit of an oddity in the NBA.
  — Ben Golliver and Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• Google celebrated Garden Day in Germany with a fun game that lets players toss gnomes with a trebuchet.
  — Gina Martinez, Time, 12 June 2018
• The reports included photos of the trebuchet but there was no confirmation on Friday that it had been deployed.
  — David M. Halbfinger, Iyad Abuheweila and Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018
• During the serve, the arm and racket function like a trebuchet, and warriors figured out more than 1,000 years ago that a longer launch rope increases velocity.
  — Matthew Futterman, WSJ, 11 July 2017
• Edward ordered the lead roofs from churches as far away as St. Andrews and Perth removed and melted down to provide counterweights for the trebuchets' throwing arms.
  — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2017
• The reports included photos of the trebuchet but there was no confirmation Friday that it had been deployed.
  — David M. Halbfinger, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Apr. 2018
• Like the other trebuchets, Ludgar had been constructed purposefully in their view, and this machine was the most formidable of all.
  — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2017
• Shahpour Pouyan’s ‘Incarnation of the Body Politic’ contains elements of a trebuchet and a guillotine but lacks the ropes and pulleys needed to function.
  — Kelly Crow, WSJ, 5 Mar. 2018
• A trebuchet is a sort of sling, like a catapult but with a slightly different functionality.
  — Philip Bump, Washington Post, 14 July 2017
• Pumpkin patch, trebuchet pumpkin launching, hay wagon rides, 2 acre corn maze, hay mountain, farm animals, farm store.
  — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• Sometimes, instead of catapults or trebuchets, the attacking army would use miners.
  — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 11 Apr. 2019
• Typically, trebuchets of this size have a counterweight 100 times bigger than the projectile.
  — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2017
• Israeli news outlets reported that Palestinians had built an ancient war machine — a trebuchet, or slingshot-like catapult — to hurl heavy stones or even burning tires at the Israeli side.
  — David M. Halbfinger, Iyad Abuheweila and Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018
• Use medieval trebuchets to fire pumpkins into the air while enjoying food, drink, music and family activities.
  — Luann Gibbs, Cincinnati.com, 28 Oct. 2019
• The Golden Knights' playoff pregame shows have been a celebration of Vegas showmanship, and their first Final game started with an extravaganza that included archers, a trebuchet and a spectacular light show.
  — Fox News, 29 May 2018
• The Golden Knights’ playoff pregame shows have been a celebration of Vegas showmanship, and their first Final game started with an extravaganza including archers, a trebuchet, and a spectacular light show.
  — Greg Beacham, BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2018
• Awards will be presented in all four categories – trebuchet, catapult, slight shot and human toss – for farthest distance, most decorative device, most team spirit and accuracy for the competitors hitting any of the 12 random targets in the field.
  — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 11 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024