signal rocket
Example Sentences
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A signal rocket tore aloft to tell the tale of desperate peril.
From A Wounded Name by King, Charles
“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.
At the signal rocket the enemy swept forward toward the canal, with companies of British sappers bearing scaling ladders and fascines of sugar cane.
From The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 by Paine, Ralph Delahaye
As the troops started out at night, for their assault, a signal rocket went up from Washington.
From Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive by Burnett, Alf
A signal rocket from one of the batteries, now and then.
From Shenandoah Representative Plays by American Dramatists: 1856-1911 by Moses, Montrose Jonas
