How to Use gunnery in a Sentence

gunnery

noun

• That doesn't just mean the employment of the howitzer, but the gunnery as well.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 24 Jan. 2019
• Athens sent its own warships in, and Ankara has responded by staging live-fire gunnery exercises in the area this week.
  — Nick Squires, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Sep. 2020
• Instead, France’s airborne troops were more interested in sound tactics and precision gunnery than the pure majesty of perilously setting off the weapon on the open road.
  — Cory Graff, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2020
• At Pile’s request, British gunnery instructors had been indoctrinated with the basics of the device.
  — Jamie Holmes, Wired, 4 Aug. 2020
• Eberle was flying gunnery exercises in a single-seater fighter plane with B-29 bombers from Randolph.
  — Paula Allen, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Mar. 2021
• Typically, there will be a display tent with armor that onlookers can try on, a fiber arts display tent with medieval children’s clothing, a gunnery display tent, and a kitchen tent, in addition to the tents the performers sleep in, Caton said.
  — Bailey Allen, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Oct. 2022
• According to Pyongyang's Rodong Sinmun news site, the competition consisted of tank crews competing in a variety of events, including driving, gunnery, and navigating obstacles.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 4 Apr. 2017
• The relevant, realistic training program includes gunnery, missile, anti-submarine and air defense exercises, as well as amphibious, counter-piracy, mine clearance operations, explosive ordnance disposal and diving and salvage operations.
  — Hartford Courant, 25 July 2022

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024