How to Use Molotov cocktail in a Sentence

Molotov cocktail

noun
  • The third man, Batten, pleaded guilty to teaching the others how to assemble the Molotov cocktail used in the attack.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
  • The rounds were blanks, the Molotov cocktail wasn’t lit, the smoke came from a machine.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The Molotov cocktail was thrown at the front door of the clinic, causing a fire.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In the week before the Fourth of July, this guy got picked up at the Obamas’ house with firearms and Molotov cocktails in his car.
    Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 13 July 2023
  • In one of the attacks, the Molotov cocktail, which was made with a glass growler purchased from a Goodwill, didn't explode.
    Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2022
  • At the time these were were kites and balloons carrying Molotov cocktails flown from Gaza.
    David Hambling, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Some of the demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails and set off fireworks, the police said.
    Rick Rojas, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Two men were killed, 19 people were injured and scores of homes and buildings were burned down in the attack, some with fire bombs and Molotov cocktails.
    Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Anarchist came in and firebombs with Molotov cocktails the Cop City site in Atlanta.
    Tirhakah Love, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Burning Khamenei's billboard in Yazd with a Molotov cocktail.
    Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
  • That suspect had been arrested and was found in possession of Molotov cocktails, a smoke grenade, smoke bombs, and firearm parts.
    Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2023
  • In November 2019, attackers from a neighboring gang torched his shop with Molotov cocktails and shot him in the foot and groin.
    Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Protesters threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at demonstrations, which caused a fire near the U.S. embassy in Beirut.
    Adam Sabes, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
  • He is accused of tossing Molotov cocktails at a Chesterland Church.
    Robert Wang, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2023
  • A lot of what these Gulf autocracies are afraid of is 26-year-olds with Molotov cocktails knocking on the doors and saying, 'this country hasn't changed.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
  • That footage also appeared in the beginning of the original video just after a Molotov cocktail, as it is known, is lit.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 26 July 2023
  • Staff would be chased away by furious locals, who hurled dead animals and once even a Molotov cocktail into the mine’s compound.
    TIME, 14 May 2024
  • One assailant, wearing black gloves and a graying black beard, stood on a third-floor apartment balcony and, as deputies came closer, threw a Molotov cocktail at two white cars parked below.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Millet returned a few minutes later and threw a Molotov cocktail into the bank, starting a fire that was extinguished by a customer.
    Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 29 June 2023
  • Batten is accused of advising and directing Brannon on how to make the Molotov cocktail.
    Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
  • On Tuesday night, protesters threw Molotov cocktails and rocks at police.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 9 Mar. 2023
  • In 2009, workers at Ssangyong Motor Co. took control of a plant for months, using iron pipes and Molotov cocktails to battle police armed with tear gas and water cannons.
    Rachel Ventresca, Fortune Asia, 7 June 2024
  • Sukhera said police broke open the main door of Khan’s residence and found automatic weapons, Molotov cocktails, iron rods and batons used in attacks on police during the week.
    Babar Dogar, ajc, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The Molotov cocktail struck the clinic entrance and started a fire, which forced the Planned Parenthood location to close and cancel dozens of appointments, the criminal complaint says.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
  • In the usually tranquil Pyrenees town of Pau in southwest France, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a new police office, national police said.
    Sylvie Corbet, John Leicester and Alex Turnbull, Anchorage Daily News, 29 June 2023
  • In the two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion, Ukraine has had its back to the wall many times, in many forms: fighting with Molotov cocktails and guns handed out to the population, coping with blackouts and fleeing refugees.
    Marc Santora, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Protesters lobbed fireworks, bricks and Molotov cocktails at police officers Sunday and set a bulldozer and other equipment on fire, videos of the scene show.
    Fox News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Surveillance footage showed Brannon and another person throwing a Molotov cocktail at the front door of the medical clinic.
    Mona Darwish, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2023
  • In the usually tranquil Pyrenees town of Pau in southwestern France, a Molotov cocktail was thrown at a police office, national police said.
    Sylvie Corbet, BostonGlobe.com, 30 June 2023
  • Even Molotov cocktails become useful in areas like cities where a tank’s situational awareness is poor, and a good hit against an air intake can draw flames into the inside of the vehicle.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 Sep. 2023

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'Molotov cocktail.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: