cannonball

Example Sentences

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One said the student was told he should "cannonball" into the water, the inquest heard.

From BBC

It earned the nickname Old Ironsides during the war of 1812, when British cannonballs were seen bouncing off its wooden hull.

From Seattle Times

Kingfishers, for instance, cannonball into the water and provoke the mollies into flashing nearly every time.

From Seattle Times

We looked up at the softball-size cannonball lodged in the Flemish-bond brick wall of the church, a symbol of Norfolk’s fiery destruction.

From Washington Post

There were still posters celebrating sword-swallowers and spiritualists and strongmen able to withstand a cannonball blast to the stomach.

From New York Times