Sentence examples for of a howitzer from inspiring English sources

Hendrie, who is 48, is a big, round guy with a bald head the size of a howitzer shell and a 70's fondness for short-sleeve Hawaiian print shirts.

"Every country has weapons for spying, but most have the equivalent of a howitzer," says James Bamford, who has written extensively on the National Security Agency.

Hardly a delivery had gone past the bat, scarcely a sniff of a chance, save a howitzer of a drive drilled skimmingly low to short extra cover which all but removed the right hand of Misbah-ul-Haq; and an edge which bisected second and third slips.

Steven Weinberg, a physicist, won the Nobel Prize in 1979 and left Harvard for Austin in 1983; now "you couldn't blast him out of here with a howitzer," a friend says.

Keita picks it up in space 30 yards out slightly to the left of goal, takes one touch and sends a howitzer of a shot angling into the top right hand corner of the goal.

Walker gathered 35 yards from goal, thrust past a couple of challenges then unleashed a howitzer off the underside of the crossbar.

The expedition also included about 100 Hessian jägers, a small number of artillerymen, three six-pound guns, and a howitzer, all of which were divided between the battalions.

Jeff Powers became the 10th different goal scorer overall with a howitzer of a shot past the Hungarian goalie to pull the U.S. to 7-3.

At the place where adorable meets obnoxious and the purr becomes a shriek, Leslie Mann is waiting to unload a howitzer of funny in your face.

*Mauresmo 2 - 2 Myskina First set: Mauresmo 6-3 Mauresmo has a howitzer of a serve and while Myskina gets her racquet to the first two, both balls ricochet off her frame and into the crowd.

JW World Cups 1998, 2002, 2006 Appearances 17 Goals 1 A rampaging, thunder-thighed left wing-back who packed a howitzer of a shot but wasn't quite as good at taking free-kicks as he thought he was, Carlos played an astonishing 17 matches at three World Cups, reaching two finals and winning one.