How to Use grenade in a Sentence
grenade
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And the whole movie just sort of throws a grenade on that in a way.
—Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2021
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At the front door was a bag of grenades, abandoned by Hamas.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
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Fragments of the grenade were pulled from Mr. Page’s face.
—Matt Schudel, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Aug. 2022
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The live grenade that gets lobbed through the sniper’s perch is still a surprise.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025
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The crack of rifles and the dull thump of grenades announced their progress.
—NBC News, 26 Dec. 2019
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His book is more like a hand grenade, ready to roll into the .
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2020
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Who cares that DeLuca is in the back seat and there's a grenade in her purse?
—Lincee Ray, EW.com, 26 Mar. 2021
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But a grenade fragment had left him with his first wound of the night.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 21 May 2021
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No, Brees is not going to try his luck with the live grenade.
—Luke Johnson, NOLA.com, 23 Dec. 2020
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In 2015, with his fall, Justice Winslow proved to be a grenade.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2025
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Guardsmen moved in and fired tear gas grenades at the mob, which broke and ran.
—sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 May 2018
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Harvey cupped his hands, caught the grenade and shoveled it out of the hole.
—Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 26 Oct. 2020
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This artist donned a green mask and grabbed four smoke grenades to show off his piece.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, Houston Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2018
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The Capitol shook with the force of percussion grenades, and smoke rose above the crowd.
—Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
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His hand looks like a baseball mitt that was used to catch a grenade.
—Chris Korman, For The Win, 4 July 2018
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There was a grenade, and the biggest choice of his life — to be made in an instant.
—Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
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And this will give players a new grenade that is unique to the player's class.
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 4 June 2024
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And a shutdown during the middle of the fall, there's a whole hand grenade in there.
—Fox News, 31 July 2018
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The fixer goes in, finds the stash, and quietly gives Kev a gun and a grenade.
—Matt Cabral, EW.com, 27 Apr. 2025
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At one point in the standoff the feds fired flash-bang grenades and some in the crowd wrongly threw rocks.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 10 June 2025
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Shoppers can grab a Chemex pour-over or a hand grenade mug.
—Emma Balter, Chron, 31 Mar. 2022
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Army trainees learn basic skills such as how to march, shoot guns and throw a grenade.
—Min Joo Kim, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
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Just this month, a grenade was left at the gate of his house, according to his lawyer.
—Martha Raddatz, ABC News, 24 June 2021
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At the eighth hole, golfers threw a rubber hand grenade and played their ball from where the grenade landed.
—Su Bacon, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
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At some point, the guards opened fire with machine guns and grenade launchers.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 18 June 2018
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Peck added that flashbang grenades were also used against the crowd.
—Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 13 Nov. 2023
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There’s a smoke grenade out in front of Clayster though, who waited for the perfect time to make a mad dash to the bomb site.
—Sean Collins, Dallas News, 18 June 2020
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The checked bag contained the weapon’s barrel, trigger, sights and grenade.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 29 July 2019
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Dropping that grenade on the audience with so little time left to feel the impact does Jill little justice, but DeWitt does, in fairness, invest great pathos in her.
—Andy Crump, Time, 20 July 2025
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Close only counts in horseshoes, hand grenades and really big lottery draw games, as was the case in Wednesday’s Powerball drawing for a player in the Miami metro area.
—David J. Neal july 10, Miami Herald, 10 July 2025
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