How to Use artillery in a Sentence

artillery

noun

• The troops were being bombarded by artillery.
• Along with artillery shells, missiles and drones, Russia’s war in Ukraine is fought in the economies of both countries.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
• The first time her home was hit by artillery fire, Ghada helped moved her family south to Rafah, farther from the eye of the war.
  — Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
• At 6:30 in the morning, his base came under massive artillery fire.
  — TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
• The missiles come on top of a steady stream of artillery shells, as many as a million rounds, that North Korea has agreed to ship to Russia.
  — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2024
• In areas out of range of Russian artillery, the Dnipro remains a vital part of Ukrainian life.
  — Nicole Tung Marc Santora, New York Times, 5 May 2023
• Instead, Ukraine used Turkish Bayraktar drones to bomb the head and tail of the column, while Ukrainian artillery battered the rest of the convoy.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
• Tanks were firing, as was artillery, creating a wall of noise.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
• There is a reason why armies generally have one type of tank or one kind of artillery for each need.
  — Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 30 Aug. 2023
• Russian forces also have aimed artillery ground at the flat, open ground that Ukrainian troops must cross to reach the defenses.
  — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
• In other words, the Israelis have been asked to fight with much less air power and artillery, and also to advance faster, to end the war sooner.
  — WSJ, 27 Dec. 2023
• Large groups of Russian infantry can be seen being struck by artillery.
  — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2023
• Watch on This Switchblade-600 could therefore be used to take out tanks, artillery, and air defense systems well behind the frontline.
  — Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 22 Apr. 2023
• Israeli artillery was on Ain Ebel’s doorstep, and Diab never stuttered.
  — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 2 Nov. 2023
• Hitler and Mussolini rushed bomber squadrons, tanks, artillery and other help to the rebel officers.
  — Adam Hochschild, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Oct. 2023
• Although the hit wasn’t her first song, the artist and her background dancers were virtually naked toting artillery guns.
  — Essence, 18 Oct. 2023
• The plan: Put a minimal number of American boots on the ground, and have the troops pound the enemy with relentless artillery fire.
  — Dave Philipps Matthew Callahan, New York Times, 5 Nov. 2023
• Palestinians reported heavy airstrikes and artillery shelling in the southern city of Khan Younis and farming areas to the east.
  — Bassem Mroue, Tia Goldenberg, and Wafaa Shurafa, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2024
• Administration head Yurii Malashko said there were 83 Russian attacks in the region in the past day, 69 of them with artillery.
  — Christine Fernando, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2023
• As the war continued, those gave way to worse injuries caused by the enemy's artillery, MLRS and aviation.
  — Yuriy Zaliznyak, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
• There are no artillery shells incoming right now, but the shredded trees around us are a silent warning this rare moment of calm on this frontline in Ukraine may not hold.
  — Nic Robertson, CNN, 13 May 2023
• On the outskirts of Avdiivka, a unit from the 59th brigade had been at the same artillery position for 12 days straight, living in a dank underground trench overrun with mice.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2023
• Two Al Jazeera reporters were among the wounded when a group of journalists were hit by an artillery strike while reporting in southern Lebanon.
  — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 15 Oct. 2023
• Israeli troops responded with artillery fire that struck missile launchers on the Lebanese side of the border, according to IDF.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 21 Oct. 2023
• Their building had not received a direct hit from an Israeli missile or artillery shell.
  — USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
• Both sides rely on drones for surveillance and artillery spotting.
  — Joby Warrick, Anchorage Daily News, 19 July 2023
• Both sides have exchanged artillery and rocket fire since the Hamas attack Saturday.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
• Although the battalion has faced artillery shell shortages in the past, there are concerns now that reserves will not be replenished.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2023
• Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said that local troops, airstrikes and artillery routed the attackers.
  — Susie Blann and Joanna Kozlowska, Anchorage Daily News, 24 May 2023
• Israel has relied largely on artillery and tank fire to target Hezbollah positions in the past week.
  — WSJ, 14 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024