Sentence examples for rocketed a dozen from inspiring English sources

Up rocketed a dozen or so arms, vindication for Mr. de Blasio, who has increasingly made amplifying the concerns of small-business owners a cornerstone of his expected campaign for mayor of New York, and a cudgel with which to critique not only Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg but also one of his probable rivals in the Democratic primary, Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker.

"The spacemen, what do they do when they land on the moon?" Harry wasn't looking at planes in the sky, he saw space rockets, half a dozen of them, all flying to the moon.

Ms. Davies rockets through at least a dozen of Joplin's best-known songs, and sings them with a throbbing fervor that is often riveting.

A few yards away, there was a firing position, with a working rocket launcher and about a dozen Russian-made rocket-propelled grenades.

In Iraq, Officials Say Iraqi and American troops seized a rocket launcher loaded with about a dozen Iranian-made rockets aimed at an American base in the southern city of Basra, Iraqi officials said.

The men had at least a dozen rocket-propelled grenades, and some wore bulletproof vests.

At least a dozen rockets had fallen on Ghouta in the early hours of August 21st.

Israeli tanks had fired more than a dozen rockets at the Oasis Casino complex, hitting the new Intercontinental Hotel.

The raid came days after Palestinian militants fired about a dozen rockets into southern Israel from Gaza, the coastal enclave controlled by Hamas.

Militants fired more than a dozen rockets on two American bases overnight, the second heavy attack since the war in Iraq began, a military spokeswoman said today.

Several more dead lay beside a dozen rockets lined up against the wall, with one placed on a tripod, ready to fire.