How to Use bomber in a Sentence
bomber
noun-
He was killed by a suicide bomber, as was Khil’s uncle.
— Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Jan. 2022 -
People can delete selfie-sticks, photo bombers or even your ex-boyfriend or girlfriend from the picture.
— Wendy Lee, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024 -
Saturday’s Russian bomber patrol marked a third such mission since last month.
— Time, 18 Dec. 2021 -
Clyde Eviely, the pilot of a B-52 jet bomber on a run from Japan to Spain.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2021 -
Parker and Sweeney both know how this story ended: the bomber actually had engine trouble, and the mystery aircraft turned out to be a wedge of swans.
— Sara Netzley, EW.com, 5 Nov. 2024 -
But there is a singular distinction that makes that nearly impossible: there weren’t myriad vigils in honor of the bomber.
— Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2022 -
The bomber, Anthony Quinn Warner, was the only person killed in the explosion.
— From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2021 -
Outside the airport’s Abbey Gate, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt.
— Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Jan. 2022 -
The battle proved a key victory that allowed the U.S. to launch B-29 bombers directly at Japan’s home islands.
— Christy Gutowski, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2024 -
Her stint as an artist at the bomber plant was a stop along the way.
— Carol Roark, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 May 2024 -
The base is soon to make way for the Air Force’s newest stealth bomber – the B-21 Raider fleet.
— Jim Cowen, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 -
Again, this is about the love bomber trying to swoop in and take over your life.
— Lauren Krouse, SELF, 25 May 2022 -
When completed, the plane may look more like the B-21 stealth bomber than an F-22.
— Alex Hollings, Popular Mechanics, 8 Aug. 2023 -
The missile was launched from a B-52H bomber on Friday.
— Luis Martinez, ABC News, 12 Dec. 2022 -
Send them stealth bombers, high explosives, send in Seal teams and the tanks.
— Amanda Morris, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023 -
In a lull between bursts of fire, the suicide bomber approached the rebels on foot.
— New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022 -
No matter the types of styles—parkas, bombers, bikers, trench coats .
— Isaiah Freeman-Schub, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2023 -
The velour jacket has a bit of a bomber shape up top, with three-quarter-length sleeves.
— Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 24 Sep. 2024 -
At the time, the B-52 bomber was the gold standard of aerial firepower.
— Brad Lendon, CNN, 17 Dec. 2022 -
Case in point: a bomber made from plastic and textile strips and splashed with the Ghanaian flag.
— Mary Holland, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Romance enters in the ruffles down the front of an ivory viscose blouse and the puff sleeves on a bomber.
— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Sep. 2024 -
Coach added a hood to this shearling bomber for extra warmth.
— Brad Lanphear, Men's Health, 9 Dec. 2022 -
Two of the bombers, Ramzi Yousef and Eyad Ismoil, fled the country the night of the attack using fake passports.
— Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2023 -
And then, finally, Missouri, the B-2 bomber, that's where they are placed.
— CBS News, 12 Feb. 2023 -
It is believed the bomber took advantage of such a route to make his way to the site of the explosion.
— Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 12 Apr. 2022 -
Flying Fortress bombers as one of the few Latinos in his cohort.
— Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024 -
Dive bombers were an integral part of the German Blitzkrieg.
— David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2023 -
And in the hands of Saint Laurent’s Anthony Vaccarello, the bomber is sporty and sharp.
— Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 15 Sep. 2023 -
Nearby, the blood from the donkey killed by the Taliban suicide bomber splattered the ground.
— New York Times, 18 Aug. 2022 -
In the movie, Ripper’s bombers can’t be turned back or even reached without a code that the general has brought with him to the grave.
— Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2024
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