cannonading
Example Sentences
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"His footwork," wrote the Associated Press reporter Whitney Martin, "consists of moving forward in a direct line to a point where he is within cannonading range."
From The Guardian • Nov. 13, 2012
But Trabert's cannonading returns took a steady toll.
From Time Magazine Archive
Abraham Lincoln stood at his bedroom window and listened to Civil War cannonading across the Potomac, but the Confederates never reached the White House.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the thick northern fog a terrific cannonading broke out, then the masses of steel moved away.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the 4th we heard cannonading in the distance, which was said by citizens to be at Charleston, South Carolina, seventy miles away.
From A Narrative of Service with the Third Wisconsin Infantry by Hinkley, Julian Wisner
