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Examples of rocket ship in a Sentence
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One day while exploring the rocket company down the road in West Texas, Flynn flies onto a rocket ship that accidentally takes off with Flynn on board.
—Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
Powering the rocket ship is an uprated 766 hp twin-turbo flat-six mated to a seven-speed PDK dual-clutch transmission.
—Howard Walker, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2024
The rendezvous came about 37 hours after the Axiom quartet’s Thursday evening liftoff in a rocket ship from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
—Reuters, NBC News, 21 Jan. 2024
Inspired by the go-fast boats of the 1970s and ‘80s, the GT sports an angular, retro-futuristic body and the sleek lines of a rocket ship.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 31 Jan. 2024
Cyan / Vince Weaver A comparison of the rocket ship in the original Myst (left) with the Atari 2600 version (right).
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 29 June 2023
The market of insulated cups, reusable water bottles and warm drink tumblers has plenty of quality options, but Stanley’s Quencher has become the most popular with sales soaring like a rocket ship, thanks largely to its popularity and word-of-mouth marketing on social media.
—Chris Biderman, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2024
Then there’s SpaceX, Musk’s private rocket ship company, which boasts lucrative U.S. government contracts.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2023
The year of Keiko Green (Courtesy of Karli Cadel)
Someday, former San Diego playwright Keiko Green will win a Tony Award and local audiences will be able to remember 2023 as the year her rocket ship took off right here.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1927, in the meaning defined above
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“Rocket ship.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rocket%20ship. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
Kids Definition
rocket ship
noun
: a spaceship driven by rockets
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