How to Use grenade in a Sentence
grenade
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Beyond the fumes of tear gas grenades.
—Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
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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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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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His book is more like a hand grenade, ready to roll into the .
—Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2020
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The grenade turned out to be a smoke bomb, the report states.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 26 June 2026
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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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But a grenade fragment had left him with his first wound of the night.
—Brad Lendon, CNN, 21 May 2021
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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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Guardsmen moved in and fired tear gas grenades at the mob, which broke and ran.
—sandiegouniontribune.com, 5 May 2018
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Five soldiers almost got killed by a live hand grenade.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Jan. 2026
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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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No, Brees is not going to try his luck with the live grenade.
—Luke Johnson, NOLA.com, 23 Dec. 2020
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Some also could be used to launch missiles and grenades.
—Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2026
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Some also could be used to launch missiles and grenades.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
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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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He was also equipped with a gas mask and smoke grenades, police said.
—Emily Bohatch, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2018
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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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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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At some point, the guards opened fire with machine guns and grenade launchers.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 18 June 2018
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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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The grenade won’t startle him, either.
—Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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But there is no bluff, and Zosia grabs the grenade and throws it out the window.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
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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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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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Ismael Ox lost his right had as a child in a grenade attack.
—Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 9 Apr. 2026
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His weapon of choice is a firework fashioned into a sort of grenade.
—New York Times, 24 Mar. 2021
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In less than a month — less than a month — a first-grader can become a first grenade-er.
—Allie Gemmill, Teen Vogue, 16 July 2018
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River’s been beaten, stun-gunned, tied up, left for dead, and blown up with a grenade.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 18 May 2024
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The item was determined to be a smoke grenade and posed no threat, police said.
—Brian Lisik, cleveland, 1 Nov. 2021
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Police used flash-bang grenades and pepper spray to disperse the crowds.
—Washington Post, 2 July 2018
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