Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for cannonball. Search instead for pingpongball.
Definitions

cannonball

[kan-uhn-bawl] / ˈkæn ənˌbɔl /






Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It’s not a trust fall so much as a trust cannonball.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

“We need to have the basic things,” said Biniam Girmay, a high-speed cannonball from Eritrea who in 2024 won three sprint stages at the Tour de France.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

Here they tautologically come, slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball.

From BBC • Dec. 31, 2024

Paula Tupou Bloomfield Tahi: He was a cannonball of comic, kinetic energy.

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2022

Leave it to our town to be named after a wild berry sour enough to change your outlook on life, with a pit the size of a cannonball.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman