trebuchet

Example Sentences

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To adjust the aim, Bertrand starts tweaking different components, and it soon becomes clear that aiming a trebuchet is more art than science.

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2025

With 10:02 left in the second quarter Saturday, UW quarterback Michael Penix Jr. took a shotgun snap, dropped three steps and uncorked a trebuchet, as wide receiver Jalen McMillan sprinted uncovered up the seam.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2022

In 1995, they let him leave a trebuchet in, too: my childhood Royal Knight’s Castle, designed by Petersen, has a tiny rock flinger on the battlements you can flick with one finger.

From The Verge • Jun. 18, 2022

Imperious Megadeth poobah fires succession of pontifical edicts from the flaming trebuchet of his own ego.

From The Guardian • Dec. 13, 2016

The coconut hit the ground and the trebuchet arm swung up, launching the pump through the air with a ferocious zip.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray