How to Use Molotov cocktail in a Sentence

Molotov cocktail

noun

• The rounds were blanks, the Molotov cocktail wasn’t lit, the smoke came from a machine.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
• The Molotov cocktail was thrown at the front door of the clinic, causing a fire.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2023
• In the week before the Fourth of July, this guy got picked up at the Obamas’ house with firearms and Molotov cocktails in his car.
  — Daniel Strauss, The New Republic, 13 July 2023
• An unlit Molotov cocktail was found in one of the cars, police said.
  — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 27 Mar. 2025
• In one of the attacks, the Molotov cocktail, which was made with a glass growler purchased from a Goodwill, didn't explode.
  — Johnny Magdaleno, The Indianapolis Star, 30 Mar. 2022
• At the time these were were kites and balloons carrying Molotov cocktails flown from Gaza.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• Some of the demonstrators threw Molotov cocktails and set off fireworks, the police said.
  — Rick Rojas, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2024
• At times, mobs armed with swords and Molotov cocktails came looking for Muslims.
  — Andrew Marantz, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
• Two men were killed, 19 people were injured and scores of homes and buildings were burned down in the attack, some with fire bombs and Molotov cocktails.
  — Jessica Sager, Peoplemag, 9 Jan. 2024
• Rivera has been credited to have thrown the second Molotov cocktail.
  — Juliana Kim, NPR, 14 Feb. 2025
• The third man, Batten, pleaded guilty to teaching the others how to assemble the Molotov cocktail used in the attack.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
• The suspect is believed to have used Molotov cocktails and a firearm to conduct his attack, police said.
  — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2025
• Anarchist came in and firebombs with Molotov cocktails the Cop City site in Atlanta.
  — Tirhakah Love, Vulture, 10 Mar. 2023
• Burning Khamenei's billboard in Yazd with a Molotov cocktail.
  — Victoria Bisset, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2023
• That suspect had been arrested and was found in possession of Molotov cocktails, a smoke grenade, smoke bombs, and firearm parts.
  — Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner, 5 Dec. 2023
• In November 2019, attackers from a neighboring gang torched his shop with Molotov cocktails and shot him in the foot and groin.
  — Jason Motlagh, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2023
• Protesters threw rocks and Molotov cocktails at demonstrations, which caused a fire near the U.S. embassy in Beirut.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 18 Oct. 2023
• He is accused of tossing Molotov cocktails at a Chesterland Church.
  — Robert Wang, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2023
• A lot of what these Gulf autocracies are afraid of is 26-year-olds with Molotov cocktails knocking on the doors and saying, 'this country hasn't changed.
  — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• That footage also appeared in the beginning of the original video just after a Molotov cocktail, as it is known, is lit.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 26 July 2023
• He is accused of using a hammer to break two windows before hurling Molotov cocktails inside to spark the blaze.
  — Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Apr. 2025
• Last month in Las Vegas, a suspect shot at Tesla cars at a repair shop and ignited two of them with Molotov cocktails, police said.
  — Graham Hurley, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
• Staff would be chased away by furious locals, who hurled dead animals and once even a Molotov cocktail into the mine’s compound.
  — TIME, 14 May 2024
• One assailant, wearing black gloves and a graying black beard, stood on a third-floor apartment balcony and, as deputies came closer, threw a Molotov cocktail at two white cars parked below.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2024
• Millet returned a few minutes later and threw a Molotov cocktail into the bank, starting a fire that was extinguished by a customer.
  — Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 29 June 2023
• Batten is accused of advising and directing Brannon on how to make the Molotov cocktail.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
• On Tuesday night, protesters threw Molotov cocktails and rocks at police.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 9 Mar. 2023
• New Yorkers spend so much time ducking crises that get lobbed at them like Molotov cocktails that the need to prepare the post-automotive city feels less immediate.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025
• Kim also allegedly fired at least three rounds into the vehicles and is believed to have used Molotov cocktails for the fire, according to police.
  — Kierra Frazier, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2025
• According to court papers, law enforcement found an unbroken Molotov cocktail on March 17 next to a Cybertruck that was on fire.
  — Krystal Nurse, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025