signal rocket

Example Sentences

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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 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

“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.

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

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