Sentence examples for like torpedoes from inspiring English sources

By about 2 A.M. on Monday, August 29th, Katrina's winds were so strong that uprooted palm trees were flying down Canal Street, in the words of one cop, "like torpedoes," and police cancelled patrols; responding to calls would have been too dangerous.

Shaped like torpedoes, pinnipeds have wide torsos and narrower hindquarters.

The Mariposa's two forward anchors looked like torpedoes protruding from the bow.

The empty cylinders were speeding down the mountain like torpedoes and two had narrowly missing the Russians.

They are shaped like torpedoes with fins, a minimalist fish, and there is nothing fancy about their appearance, as if only two colors were necessary for a serious creature.

Kibbe are usually made from lamb; are called 'balls' but are shaped like torpedoes; and can be fried, simmered or baked, which is what we're making this week in City Kitchen.

In its place, now rocketing down snow-covered hills everywhere, is a new generation of winter toys like Isabel's, plastic contraptions made in garish colors and a multitude of shapes with names like Torpedo, Sno Missile and Snow Mountain Shredder.

Inside the structure, astronauts from several countries whiz like torpedos from chamber to chamber and play with all the floating objects people usually play with in films from space.

Naval historian Paul Stillwell remarked that "the Pacific years included a great deal of sameness and repetition", and his chronology of the ship's movements is filled with phrases like "torpedo-defense practice", "battle-practice rehearsal", "gunnery practice", "en route to…", and "anchored at…".

You should also sell off any Earth-based weaponry, like torpedo and harpoon launchers.

Bright lights zoom through you like photon torpedoes, like comets.