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
If you see or hear anything of a suspicious nature, Andy," cautioned Mr. McKay, "here is a signal rocket.
From The Nameless Island A Story of some Modern Robinson Crusoes by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)
A signal rocket tore aloft to tell the tale of desperate peril.
From A Wounded Name by King, Charles
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
The discharge of a signal rocket, however, that curved its flight over the island, instantaneously quieted the uproar, and a death-like silence succeeded.
