How to Use projectile in a Sentence

projectile

1 of 2 noun

• The cannon fires a ten-pound projectile.
• Someone threw a projectile at her car.
• The bird seemingly wasn’t fazed by the wound or the projectile that caused it.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
• He was also shot in the ribs with a hard-foam projectile.
  — Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2022
• The officer who launched the projectile is with the Cactus Park precinct and has been on the force for one year.
  — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 27 May 2023
• In the center of the shot, there will be four large projectiles that each deal 15 damage.
  — Kris Holt, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• The projectile collides with the object, causing a flare of fire and smoke.
  — Molly Stellino, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
• On Sunday, a projectile hit a home in the same area of Jebaliya, killing two men.
  — Fares Akram and Tia Goldenberg, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2022
• The open-cockpit projectile was designed for high-speed, open-air joyrides on the street or track.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Apr. 2023
• The video shows a projectile streaking through the darkened skies over Gaza and exploding in the air.
  — Christoph Koettl, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2023
• Surgery on her left arm removed a fragment from the projectile.
  — Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2022
• In the Little Boy, a bullet-like projectile made of uranium-235 was fired at a core of the same substance to set off the chain reaction.
  — Popular Mechanics, 26 May 2023
• Place ping-pong balls or other small objects in the cups, then stomp or quickly press down on the free end of the yardstick to launch the projectiles across the room.
  — Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
• The projectile was believed to have landed in the Pacific Ocean.
  — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2022
• Ukraine's air defense systems shot down 21 of the projectiles.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
• With only one month to turn his run-down Opel Manta into a projectile, the race against the clock begins.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 17 Apr. 2023
• One woman showed him a shopping bag brimming with the projectiles.
  — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
• And boy, these deadly projectile points would have been useful.
  — WIRED, 10 Jan. 2023
• Setting my shutter speed at 1/500th of a second revealed just the right amount of motion blur to spot the projectile coming out of the barrel against the trees in the background.
  — Matt Crisara, Popular Mechanics, 18 Nov. 2022
• The city’s head of legal medicine told CNN en Español that autopsies of the 17 dead civilians found wounds caused by firearm projectiles.
  — Tara John, CNN, 16 Feb. 2023
• Remember that items around the seat, like mirrors or toys, can become projectiles in a crash.
  — Jessica Booth, Parents, 11 July 2023
• The investigating officer found nine projectile strikes at the front of the apartment and nine shell casings in the street.
  — Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 5 Dec. 2023
• When picking an elk bullet, shy away from light, fast projectiles and pick a heavy version.
  — Joseph Von Benedikt, Field & Stream, 3 Aug. 2023
• It could have also been inflicted with a long-range projectile like a throwing spear or dart.
  — Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 21 Dec. 2023
• Alan Castellanos’ shooting was at least the eighth in the last two years in which groups of officers fired guns and weapons meant to avoid killing, such as projectile launchers or Tasers, at the same time.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
• There are scenes with worms and maggots and projectile diarrhea.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 27 Oct. 2022
• Otero was compelled to investigate the source of the mystery projectile.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024
• Still, the sheer number of rockets has at times overwhelmed the Iron Dome, a state-of-the art system equipped with a radar to detect incoming projectiles and shoot them down.
  — Isabelle Chapman, CNN, 13 Oct. 2023
• On December 17th, a projectile hit the children’s ward of Nasser.
  — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2024
• Officers found a group of people one of whom had an air gun, which uses springs or compressed air to fire projectiles.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023

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projectile

2 of 2 adjective

• Great Glintstone Shard has had its projectile speed and range increased.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
• Curfews were established across the region, the National Guard was brought in, and police made thousands of arrests and used projectile weapons to clear the streets.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2021
• The officer appears to be using a projectile shotgun that fires beanbag rounds.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2021
• In Montano’s case, two officers who fired projectile weapons were found to have violated the department’s rules.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2021
• Blank cartridges don’t contain a projectile bullet; instead cartridges are loaded only with gunpowder to create a bang and a fiery flash at the end of the gun’s barrel, all meant to heighten the effect for viewers.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2021
• The key to any projectile motion problem is that the horizontal and vertical motions are independent, except for the time.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 13 Aug. 2021
• The department also was placed under a federal court injunction restricting its use of projectile weapons as part of one of several lawsuits over its handling of the protests.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2021
• Moore said some incidents in which people shot with projectiles at protests were hospitalized were captured in the report, but most protest uses of projectile weapons and batons were not captured.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2021
• Almost all the individuals had evidence of trauma, whether from bone fractures or puncture wounds from projectile weapons.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 May 2021
• Di Barbadillo, a protester whose own footage of the incident was submitted along with the body-camera video, said the fact that officers used projectile weapons in such a way is exactly why a restraining order is necessary.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2021
• Yes, there is some projectile body fluid, speaking in tongues, and sinister priests with bad intentions, but because of Quinn’s quiet performance as Mary, the indie film is able to surpass the expectations of a typical possession movie.
  — Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 15 June 2021
• Unverified footage that circulated on social media appeared to show moving lights from anti-projectile defenses being fired into the pre-dawn sky over the UAE capital that day.
  — Reuters, CNN, 27 Jan. 2022
• In the past two weeks, various law enforcement agencies have used many non-projectile and nonchemical tools, including batons, helicopters, riot shields and even horses, to attempt to control unrest.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2020
• The legislation requires law enforcement officers to be trained on the safe use of kinetic projectiles and chemical agents and other de-escalation techniques before using projectile weapons.
  — Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
• These creatures roamed Mesolithic Doggerland, and experiments by modern archaeologists have shown their bones make excellent projectile weapons.
  — Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2020
• Great Glintstone Shard has had its projectile speed and range increased.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022
• Curfews were established across the region, the National Guard was brought in, and police made thousands of arrests and used projectile weapons to clear the streets.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2021
• The officer appears to be using a projectile shotgun that fires beanbag rounds.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2021
• In Montano’s case, two officers who fired projectile weapons were found to have violated the department’s rules.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2021
• Blank cartridges don’t contain a projectile bullet; instead cartridges are loaded only with gunpowder to create a bang and a fiery flash at the end of the gun’s barrel, all meant to heighten the effect for viewers.
  — John Jurgensen, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2021
• The key to any projectile motion problem is that the horizontal and vertical motions are independent, except for the time.
  — Rhett Allain, Wired, 13 Aug. 2021
• The department also was placed under a federal court injunction restricting its use of projectile weapons as part of one of several lawsuits over its handling of the protests.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2021
• Moore said some incidents in which people shot with projectiles at protests were hospitalized were captured in the report, but most protest uses of projectile weapons and batons were not captured.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2021
• Almost all the individuals had evidence of trauma, whether from bone fractures or puncture wounds from projectile weapons.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 27 May 2021
• Di Barbadillo, a protester whose own footage of the incident was submitted along with the body-camera video, said the fact that officers used projectile weapons in such a way is exactly why a restraining order is necessary.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2021
• Yes, there is some projectile body fluid, speaking in tongues, and sinister priests with bad intentions, but because of Quinn’s quiet performance as Mary, the indie film is able to surpass the expectations of a typical possession movie.
  — Morgan Baila, refinery29.com, 15 June 2021
• Unverified footage that circulated on social media appeared to show moving lights from anti-projectile defenses being fired into the pre-dawn sky over the UAE capital that day.
  — Reuters, CNN, 27 Jan. 2022
• In the past two weeks, various law enforcement agencies have used many non-projectile and nonchemical tools, including batons, helicopters, riot shields and even horses, to attempt to control unrest.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2020
• The legislation requires law enforcement officers to be trained on the safe use of kinetic projectiles and chemical agents and other de-escalation techniques before using projectile weapons.
  — Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2021
• These creatures roamed Mesolithic Doggerland, and experiments by modern archaeologists have shown their bones make excellent projectile weapons.
  — Bridget Alex, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Dec. 2020

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