How to Use water cannon in a Sentence

water cannon

noun

• Thank you @PhillyFireDept for the water cannon salute !!
  — Erin McCarthy, Philly.com, 3 Apr. 2018
• The police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd.
  — Niharika Sharma, Quartz India, 15 Dec. 2019
• The police used tear gas and a water cannon to disperse the crowd, the statement said.
  — Iliana Magra, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2020
• Police fired tear gas, water cannons and, in one case, shot a gun into the air.
  — James Griffiths, CNN, 31 Aug. 2019
• The Lebanese army fired water cannons and tear gas as youths hurled stones and burned effigies of Trump.
  — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2017
• Police used water cannon and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd.
  — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 6 Dec. 2021
• Police cleared them off the streets by using water cannons and their fists.
  — The Economist, 30 Sep. 2017
• The party hasn't stopped and has now featured a water cannon salute and some great Rapinoe dance moves.
  — Charlotte Carroll, SI.com, 8 July 2019
• The police in Tel Aviv turned a water cannon on protesters who had blocked a main road for hours.
  — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2023
• Sometimes, there is just a big hole at the bottom of the dam (on the dry side) so that water can just shoot out like a massive water cannon.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 31 May 2021
• Tear gas and water cannons were used against the protesters in an effort to disperse them.
  — Fox News, 2 Oct. 2018
• At one point, the water cannon sprayed a handful of people standing outside a mosque.
  — Kelvin Chan, The Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2019
• Instead, they were turned away by riot police, and the parade was shut down with tear gas and water cannons.
  — Zoë Madonna, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2018
• Imagine the lightest discernible breath of air on a calm day compared to the force of a powerful water cannon.
  — Peter Tuthill, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
• That’s when a crack can be heard, after which Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing crumples as the water cannon continues to spray.
  — Washington Post, 19 Feb. 2021
• Sprinklers would unleash rain and fog, while water cannons spewed waves.
  — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2019
• Police used a water cannon to clear protesters who blocked a main artery leading to Jerusalem.
  — Julia Frankel, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2023
• To celebrate the momentous flight, United covered the gate in balloons and waved the plane off with a water cannon salute.
  — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2021
• In response, the government attacked me with tear gas and water cannons.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 20 Sep. 2017
• Police scuffled with protesters and sprayed the crowd with a water cannon.
  — Ilan Ben Zion, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2023
• China used a water cannon eight times on the fishing vessels in the first mission, and then four times on the resupply mission.
  — Regine Cabato, Washington Post, 11 Dec. 2023
• Police in the port city of Rotterdam used a water cannon and tear gas in an attempt to disperse a crowd of rioters.
  — Mike Corder, Star Tribune, 25 Jan. 2021
• The army responded with rubber bullets, tear gas and a water cannon.
  — New York Times, 29 Jan. 2022
• Police fired tear gas and water cannon in an attempt to disperse the crowd, Reuters witnesses said.
  — NBC News, 9 Oct. 2020
• Police fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowds and in the early evening, a water cannon sprayed remaining groups of protesters on Place de la Bastille.
  — NBC News, 28 Nov. 2020
• In the elephant habitat, staff have the option of spraying a large water cannon to help cool animals down even further.
  — Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2022
• Police deployed water cannons and tear gas to try to disperse the rioters.
  — Laignee Barron, Time, 3 May 2018
• Over the next two days, the young protesters hit the streets en masse, confronting police armed with snarling German shepherds in addition to the water cannon blasts.
  — Steven Levingston, Washington Post, 22 Feb. 2018
• Chinese boats have rammed and pointed lasers at Philippine ships, and last month a Chinese coast guard vessel injured three Philippine soldiers with a water cannon.
  — Olivia Wang, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2024
• The Philippine authorities protested China’s use of a water cannon and military-grade lasers.
  — Peter Aitken, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Oct 2024