signal rocket
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.
But that only decided me the more to go on; and as the signal rocket was fired, the word was given, and on we went.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I by Lever, Charles James
At that time he escaped but was afterwards pardoned; the signal rocket was to be fired from his storehouse in Cavite.
From The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune by St. Clair, Francis
Telephone wires were broken immediately, but the "S.O.S." was sent by signal rocket and power buzzer, and our artillery and machine guns replied at once.
From The Sherwood Foresters in the Great War 1914 - 1919 History of the 1/8th Battalion by Weetman, W. C. C.
A signal rocket tore aloft to tell the tale of desperate peril.
From A Wounded Name by King, Charles
She turned to Cai, and then— "Oh—oh!" she cried as, far away up the harbour, the signal rocket shot hissing aloft and exploded with a tremendous detonation.
From Hocken and Hunken by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
