Examples of catapult in a Sentence

Verb They catapulted rocks toward the castle. The publicity catapulted her CD to the top of the charts. The novel catapulted him from unknown to best-selling author. He catapulted to fame after his first book was published. Her career was catapulting ahead.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun In 2017, Nike released its Zoom Vaporfly 4%, a road running shoe with a carbon-fiber plate in the midsole that acts as a catapult, more efficiently returning energy to its wearer. — New York Times, 26 July 2022 To get aloft without a mini-airport, they’re launched via a small catapult that can placed on a roof. — John Koetsier, Forbes, 28 June 2022 Using a summer with Team USA as a catapult for his third-year leap, Garland averaged a career-high 21.7 points and 8.6 assists while igniting a franchise transformation. — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 9 July 2022 The use of a catapult on Type 003 will allow the PLAN to embark its own version of the Hawkeye. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2022 For example, Miranda points to Cruise’s catapult launch from the deck of the USS Theodore Roosevelt. — Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2022 The catapult system is like the ones on U.S. aircraft carriers. — Harold Maass, The Week, 17 June 2022 The new catapult system, similar to the ones used by US aircraft carriers, will allow China to launch a wider variety of planes from the Fujian faster and with more ammunition. — Nectar Gan, Brad Lendon, CNN, 17 June 2022 The real question is what kind of catapult system Type 003 will have. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 15 June 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb High temperatures may end up in the 82-88 range, with more clouds than currently expected keeping us toward the low end of the range; more sunshine than forecast now may catapult us to the high end. — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 29 July 2022 That formula has helped catapult many artists, like Ricky Martin and Shakira, to superstardom. — Griselda Flores, Billboard, 21 July 2022 More than 65,000 shells will catapult off the East River’s five barges. — Li Anne Liew, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022 The bumper results catapult Glencore into a group of companies that have been early winners from the market and economic volatility that has whipsawed many other companies and governments. — Alistair Macdonald, WSJ, 17 June 2022 The blockbuster tech deal would catapult the chipmaker into a highly specialized area of software. — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 13 June 2022 Kameny’s story would catapult Cervini from an inquisitive college student to a New York Times bestselling author, Pulitzer Prize finalist and LGBTQ pioneer in his own right. — Matt Lavietes, NBC News, 1 June 2022 Of course, this connection must be an authentic one and, when earned, can catapult brands beyond what other generations would do. — Stefan Pollack, Forbes, 19 May 2022 Why do these male spiders catapult away from females? — Joshua Hawkins, BGR, 26 Apr. 2022 See More

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