grenade

Example Sentences

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After a grenade almost killed him in Normandy, he earned a Purple Heart and then sang in the jazz clubs of Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Since Hasina's fall from power, Rahman has been acquitted of the most serious charge against him: a life sentence handed down in absentia for a 2004 grenade attack on a Hasina rally.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

Nothing was more intriguing than Dahlem showing there used to be a hand grenade competition, with a student from Huntington Park winning the first competition.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2025

Almost anything seen on the frontline - from small radars and grenade launchers to jeeps, trucks, tanks and actual soldiers - may be fake.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2025

Among the grunts, some carried the M-79 grenade launcher, 5.9 pounds unloaded, a reasonably light weapon except for the ammunition, which was heavy.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien