How to Use battleship in a Sentence
battleship
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The death knell for the battleship age came on the day that will live in infamy.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 Nov. 2018 -
When the ship had cooled, he was assigned to dive and pull bodies out of the battleship.
— Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024 -
And Halsey wanted this flag present for the solemn event, which would be held on the battleship in Tokyo Bay.
— Michael E. Ruane Washington Post, Star Tribune, 10 Sep. 2020 -
At the same time, Emmert’s removal on its own will not be the event that turns the battleship around.
— Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022 -
The home was just about 1 mile across the harbor from where the USS Arizona was moored on battleship row.
— Arkansas Online, 8 Dec. 2022 -
The home was just about one mile across the harbor from where the USS Arizona was moored on battleship row.
— Audrey McAvoy, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022 -
With This The U.S. military brought this battleship back from the dead for one more war...
— NBC News, 13 June 2017 -
Just off the shore, Navy battleships stood guard in the English Channel.
— Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024 -
Across the Channel in the English port of Dover, the skies Saturday were the same battleship gray, the sea state queasy with chop.
— Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2021 -
Some of the postcards are almost blank, and were issued on the battleship.
— Ben Hohenstatt, The Seattle Times, 20 Apr. 2018 -
More than 100 of his shipmates aboard the battleship died in the attack that shoved the United States into the war.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Aug. 2021 -
There are no chest-busters here, dripping saliva that can pit the plates of a battleship.
— Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023 -
Of those, 1,177 were those serving on the battleship USS Arizona, which was moored in the harbor.
— Amy Hubbard, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2022 -
Garcia said the parking lot will be used as part of the repair and restoration project for the battleship.
— David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2019 -
The next year, with Britain at war, the 19-year-old Philip went to sea as a sublieutenant aboard the battleship Ramillies in the Mediterranean fleet.
— New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021 -
Unlike the guns of a battleship, these tubes must be aimed at the mark by aiming the entire vessel.
— Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2021 -
The battleship’s wrecked hull was left in place and now is the site of a national memorial.
— David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021 -
After the wreath was placed, the Trumps tossed white flower petals into the waters above the battleship's sunken hull.
— CBS News, 4 Nov. 2017 -
The photo of the battleship surface action group dates to 1986.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 30 July 2021 -
The best way to get around with heavy payload through the oceans is using huge battleships with large engines.
— Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 22 July 2024 -
The range difference doomed battleships, which went from being the hunters to the hunted.
— Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 Nov. 2018 -
The United States didn’t have a ship that fast, so the Navy upgraded a new class of battleships to exceed that speed.
— Liza Mundy, Slate Magazine, 10 Oct. 2017 -
The land brimmed with debris left by the Russians — bags of bullets, vials of painkillers, a game of battleship made of paper and blue pen.
— Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Jan. 2024 -
Gregory Peck and William Holden look fit on the bridge of a battleship.
— Steven Kotler, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021 -
As a child, Michael spent his free time whittling battleships.
— Marina Starleaf Riker, ExpressNews.com, 31 Dec. 2019 -
This has all the hallmarks of a World War II mission, where battleships could disrupt shipping and turn the tide of war.
— Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 20 Dec. 2017 -
The bombing of the Arizona left 1,177 crew members dead, the greatest loss of life on a U.S. battleship, according to the Navy.
— Heidi Chang, latimes.com, 3 July 2018 -
Among them was the battleship Arizona, which went down with 1,177 crew members.
— Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2017 -
The home was just about 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) across the harbor from where the USS Arizona was moored on battleship row.
— Audrey McAvoy, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Dec. 2022 -
There is a lot of anxiety in the region, and once again, the U.S. is in a position with battleships, caches of arms, and advisers to serve as deterrence to fend off a major attack.
— Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 10 Aug. 2024
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