How to Use artillery in a Sentence

artillery

noun

• The troops were being bombarded by artillery.
• The tanks had stopped on the beach, some hit by artillery, some knocked out by mines.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 23 June 2024
• Big Ben’s tolling and the loud report of artillery guns.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2022
• Yet artillery boomed and plumes of inky smoke rose from a battle on the far side of the river.
  — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 14 June 2024
• He was drafted at age 20 and served in the artillery unit, stationed in North Africa, Italy and France.
  — Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
• This meant that Ukraine required heavy artillery of its own.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2022
• The armored cab keeps the crew of four safe from heavy machine gun and artillery shrapnel.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 Feb. 2023
• Along with artillery shells, missiles and drones, Russia’s war in Ukraine is fought in the economies of both countries.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
• The war in Ukraine could hinge on whichever side could produce or procure the most heavy artillery.
  — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2022
• In the early winter darkness, lights flash on the horizon as the two armies trade artillery fire.
  — Brian Mann, NPR, 24 Dec. 2024
• The first use of Shahed-136 drones in Ukraine took place in August in the northeast of the country and was tested on Ukrainian artillery.
  — Armani Syed, Time, 20 Oct. 2022
• Those that remained upright are pocked with small-arms fire and holes from artillery fire.
  — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 8 July 2024
• The first time her home was hit by artillery fire, Ghada helped moved her family south to Rafah, farther from the eye of the war.
  — Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
• And Kim Jong-un now is providing artillery shells to – to Russia to fight the Ukrainians.
  — ABC News, 27 Nov. 2022
• The two main roadways leading west out of the city are, in effect, artillery alleys.
  — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
• Serhii Cherevatiy, a spokesman for Ukraine's forces in the east, said Soledar was hit by Russian artillery more than 90 times in the past day.
  — Andrew Meldrum, ajc, 12 Jan. 2023
• At 6:30 in the morning, his base came under massive artillery fire.
  — TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
• When the artillery shells hit, young men press themselves to the earth, hands cupped over their ears, mouths open to let the blast wave ripple through their bodies.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2022
• The missiles come on top of a steady stream of artillery shells, as many as a million rounds, that North Korea has agreed to ship to Russia.
  — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• The Israeli air and artillery forces are supporting the offensive, the IDF said.
  — Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2024
• In areas out of range of Russian artillery, the Dnipro remains a vital part of Ukrainian life.
  — Nicole Tung Marc Santora, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• Instead, Ukraine used Turkish Bayraktar drones to bomb the head and tail of the column, while Ukrainian artillery battered the rest of the convoy.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• But since the start of the conflict, Ukraine’s fields of rich black soil have been trampled by troops, cratered by artillery shells, burned and salted with landmines.
  — Howard G. Buffett, CNN, 7 Dec. 2022
• Nearly every morning the whomp of Russian artillery shells fired from miles away, across the Dnipro River, shakes the city.
  — Jeffrey Gettleman Finbarr O’Reilly, New York Times, 29 Nov. 2022
• Tanks were firing, as was artillery, creating a wall of noise.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• At the onset of the war, our home was struck by numerous artillery shells, damaging the water tanks, the stairs, my niece’s room, and our kitchen.
  — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Sep. 2024
• Russian forces have been training them in artillery, drones and trench clearing.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
• There is a reason why armies generally have one type of tank or one kind of artillery for each need.
  — Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2023
• Russian forces also have aimed artillery ground at the flat, open ground that Ukrainian troops must cross to reach the defenses.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
• Gyeong Hong Jong's diary contained instructions -- along with sketches -- for avoiding front-line Ukrainian drones and artillery.
  — David Brennan, ABC News, 29 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Jan 2025