Sentence examples for a cordite from inspiring English sources

One shell detonated a cordite charge and set Arethusa on fire.

A few minutes later, another explosion started a fire in a 9.2 inchesmagazine, which resulted in a cordite explosion in the magazine.

Without any wind blowing, the sheer weight of a raindrop, shining in parasitic luxury on a cordite leaf, caused its tip to dip, and what looked like a globule of quicksilver performed a sudden gissando down the center vein, and then, having shed its bright load, the relieved leaf unbent.

Vastly superior to earlier attempts in the genre, this gripping spy story, with its bewildering twists and necessary – but not extraneous – violence, has a genuine cordite whiff of the real thing (the books, you understand, not the ridiculous films).

Despite being thoroughly deodorised, a whiff of cordite still clings to her name, giving visitors a deliciously edgy thrill.

With mesmerising swiftness they scoop up the booty – a record haul including watches, rings, brooches and necklaces worth up to £1m each – and in less than three minutes they are gone, leaving behind just a small cloud of gun smoke and a whiff of cordite.

Political opponents south of the border would – and indeed have – seized upon the McGuigan murder as evidence that when it comes to real state power, in charge of a sovereign UN-recognised nation rather than a region of the UK, there is still too much of a whiff of cordite around Sinn Féin to get into government with the party.

And yes there is a whiff of cordite about Keith.

Cordite, a propellant of the double-base type, so called because of its customary but not universal cordlike shape.

In 1887 Nobel introduced ballistite, one of the first nitroglycerin smokeless powders and a precursor of cordite.

A modified composition, Cordite M.D., which was introduced in 1901, contained 64 parts of guncotton, 30.2 parts of nitroglycerin, and 5 parts of petrolatum with about 0.8 percent acetone.