Sentence examples for the shells exploded from inspiring English sources

The victims of the accident were milling in and around the mess tent when the shells exploded, sending metal flying.

United States Representative Sue W. Kelly, whose district includes the park, pressed the Army to move ahead with the cleanup after the shells exploded last summer.

As a lawyer watching a Union cavalry advance come to a standstill when the shells exploded on contact with the horses' hooves noted, "They never moved a peg after hearing the report".

As the shells exploded on the streets, loyalist forces infiltrated the city, fighting gun battles in its center against a contingent of local men who had stayed to defend their homes.

The park has been closed since the shells exploded, and this summer, the Army Corps of Engineers finally began to search for live shells within 25 feet of hiking trails, around four parking areas and along two roads.

He saw the shells explode and smelled the sweet-apple odor as poison filled the air.

"We see the smoke rising in the sky after we hear the shells explode," said Abu Haydar, a resident reached by telephone.

When the shells explode in the air, they disperse pieces of felt soaked in phosphorus — larger version of the shells contain more than 100 of them — that can land on people and cause intense burning, according to Chris Cobb-Smith, a British Army veteran who is here as part of Amnesty International's investigative team.

Instead, he gurgles at the beauty of the Very lights, the shells explode like fireworks at a private party, the flares are pink, evoking his mistress's nipples, the shape of the shells her breasts, the haunches of his artillery horse her hips.

To maximize their effect, the shells explode some tens of meters before they hit the ground, sending 116 flaming wafers over an area up to 250 meters.

He was walking home from school with his friends last October when the shell exploded.