Examples of grenade in a Sentence
Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 4 July 2024
Now he is not only projected to have a seat himself, but also 12 colleagues to hurl grenades at Labour leader Keir Starmer.
—Luke McGee, CNN, 4 July 2024
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
Netanyahu lobbed a political grenade at the Biden administration this month, claiming that the United States was delaying major arms shipments to Israel.
—David Ignatius, Washington Post, 27 June 2024
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“Grenade.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grenade. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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grenade
noun
from early French grenade, granade "pomegranate, grenade," from Latin granata "pomegranate," derived from Latin granatus "seedy," from granum "grain, seed" — related to garnet, grain, pomegranate see Word History at garnet
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