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

From the Washington Post he picked a Maryland Democrat, Franklyn Waltman, who had been cannonading the New Deal daily, gave him a three-year contract at $20,000 a year to become head GOPropagandist.

From Time Magazine Archive

But last week the diplomatic cannonading turned into a full-scale battle.

From Time Magazine Archive

The significance: no more cannonading clatter on skyscraper frames outside the sleepy urbanite's window; arc welding, where girder steel is melted into a joint by powerful electric current, is silent.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later it was learned from some of the prisoners that General Jackson's plan had been to attack with his infantry after the heavy cannonading.

From The Young Sharpshooter at Antietam by Tomlinson, Everett T. (Everett Titsworth)