sputnik

Example Sentences

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With his trademark delivery - unhurried and calm - he informed viewers of the first sputnik in space, and delivered the communiqués of the Communist Party.

From BBC • Oct. 30, 2021

This guy's not as imposing as a sputnik, but just as many bulbs.

From Salon • Mar. 14, 2021

All languages borrow words from other languages — Americans may recognize agitprop, sputnik, babushka or cosmonaut.

From Washington Post • Apr. 25, 2017

Shortly before my eighth birthday, the A-bombing of Japan and then the end of the war became our era’s sputnik in schools, though I was too young to notice.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2012

In a secluded booth at the rear of a restaurant unfrequented by newsmen, Greta leaned forward and said: "At first, they thought it was another sputnik."

From The Delegate from Venus by Novick, Irving