signal rocket

Example Sentences

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A signal rocket from one of the batteries, now and then.

From Shenandoah Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 by Moses, Montrose Jonas

“Stand by there!” shouted ‘old Hankey Pankey’ to Adams, who had our return signal rocket all ready, slung on to a handspike for a stick.

From Young Tom Bowling The Boys of the British Navy by Greene, John B.

In a moment a warning red signal rocket shot into the sky and burst, warning all local aircraft.

From The Black Tide by Stangland, Arthur G.

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.

From the bridge a signal rocket soared, hissing.

From The False Faces Further Adventures from the History of the Lone Wolf by Vance, Louis Joseph