Sentence examples for that torpedo from inspiring English sources

Dahlgren's indignation, however, appears to have been feigned, for within days of the attack he was imploring his superiors in Washington to ensure that "torpedo Boats be made and sent here with dispatch".

Haus hoped that torpedo boats and mines could be used to reduce the numerical superiority of the Italian fleet before a decisive battle could be fought.

It was the second time that Torpedo had won the league; the club had won its first title five years earlier, during Streltsov's imprisonment.

Demonstrating that Hanukkah offerings aren't immune from the excesses that torpedo many Christmas collections, this session of overblown, '80s-drenched Yiddish pop is only for those who find the Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Christmas prog-rock blowouts too culturally biased.

In the 1870s, the construction of ironclads ceased for a while in France as the Jeune Ecole school of naval thought took prominence, suggesting that torpedo boats and unarmored cruisers would be the future of warships.

The details of what went on aboard B-59 came to light only recently, and while it may be an overstatement to say that Arkhipov's caution "saved the world," the world might well be a different place if that torpedo had been fired.

"Plenty" explores the seductions of fame — the women, sycophants and ego massages that torpedoed his marriage.

What about Kargil, the war he started in Kashmir in 1999 that torpedoed the last effort at peace?

The receivers did quarterback Joe Flacco no favors last season, dropping passes and missing chances that torpedoed their playoff game.

Debuts are usually memorable as extremes: the devastating fall that torpedoes a shaky effort, or the glorious performance that transforms a dancer into an artist.

The Mets looked like a team that was playing along to the same kind of script that torpedoed them last September.