signal rocket

Example Sentences

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The officers there had plainly seen the signal rocket this time, and the green ball seemed to shoot up into the clouds from directly beneath the bow of the "Long Island."

From The Battleship Boys' First Step Upward or, Winning Their Grades as Petty Officers by Patchin, Frank Gee

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

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

We'll shoot the end of the cable down by signal rocket, out in the lowlands, and stop the winch when we've made contact, long enough to attach the rest of the cargo to the cable.

From Atom Drive by Fontenay, Charles Louis

Presently, while the two waited, a signal rocket came blazing out of the east, swept a wide curve in the sky, and dropped out of sight.

From Boy Scouts in Mexico; or on Guard with Uncle Sam by Ralphson, G. Harvey (George Harvey)