Sentence examples for cannon shells from inspiring English sources
"cannon shells" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English
You can use the phrase to refer to shells from a cannon, typically fired from a warship or other military vessel. For example, "The warship fired a barrage of cannon shells into the air."
Both still held mortar rounds and cannon shells.
In reply, tanks fired cannon shells at several houses, witnesses said.
When that failed the Coast Guard fired 25mm cannon shells until it burst into flames and sank in about 6,000ft of water.
In 2000, the Royal Navy won the Ig peace prize for ordering its sailors to save on live cannon shells by shouting "bang".
As night fell, the Israeli Army reported that it was firing cannon shells at Palestinians who it said were using heavy machine guns to attack an army base near Bethlehem on the West Bank.
In the command center, a warren of trenches and bunkers that the Indians do not shell -- there is a gentlemen's agreement on both sides to spare each other's command centers -- he has arranged a table of mortar and cannon shells recovered from recent attacks, to prove the aggressiveness of the Indians.
You could load it in a 30mm Warthog cannon shell and use it to unzip East Bloc tanks!
Four works consist of sheets of lead rolled like carpets; one, called "Bullet," resembles a large-caliber cannon shell.
Limped into Tangmere and swung off runway on landing, due to starboard tyre being holed by cannon shell.
Footage of a huge burst of smoke from the first cannon shell, which demolished Mr. Khasbulatov's fifth-floor office, was repeatedly replayed.
A burly forty-five-year-old with a head shaped like a cannon shell, Blahyi took the stage wearing black dress pants and a cream-colored shirt.
