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
Now, as red Roman candles begin to soar and the hooting and cannonading increase, chorus after wobbly chorus of Waltzing Matilda begin to ring across the waters.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Wars may come & go, but the cannonading over the question whether there is or is not a U. S. school in art goes on forever.
From Time Magazine Archive
The cannonading was only the result of a reconnoissance, and in a few hours ceased altogether.
From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by S. Emma E. Edmonds
