Examples of grenade in a Sentence
Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
During an assault this past autumn, Perun kicked a grenade away from several of his men.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
Attackers then threw a grenade or incendiary bomb, starting a fire in the hall, according to Russian state media.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
When trainees hesitate for too long, instructors have to throw the grenade over the wall, which causes a close detonation, and then grab the trainee and lower both to the ground.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2024
Private Tretiak, with shrapnel wounds in both legs from grenade explosions and his right hand ripped apart by a bullet, reloaded magazines for his comrade.
—Marc Santora, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024
But his family said he had been exposed to thousands of low-level blasts as a longtime instructor at an Army hand grenade training range.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2024
The injury was consistent with exposure to weapons blasts, something Card was exposed to as an instructor at an Army grenade training range.
—Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
The screen then also shows grenades dropped from drones on the Russians, apparently killing or incapacitating them.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Mar. 2024
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grenade
noun
from early French grenade, granade "pomegranate, grenade," from Latin granata "pomegranate," derived from Latin granatus "seedy," from granum "grain, seed" — related to garnet, grain, pomegranate see Word History at garnet
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