How to Use air raid in a Sentence

air raid

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  • Much of the city was destroyed in an air raid.
  • Those who didn’t wake to explosions were roused by air raid sirens.
    — Andrew Drake, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2022
  • When air raid sirens blare out, people barely acknowledge it.
    — NBC News, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Her friends in Odessa, sending messages about air raid sirens the previous night.
    — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Soon after, explosions were heard in Kyiv, followed by the sustained wails of air raid sirens.
    — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 24 Feb. 2022
  • For others, though, the frequent whine of air raid sirens and the remaining threat of bombardment are a constant worry.
    — Josh Feldman, NBC News, 20 June 2024
  • My mother, who remains in her apartment, has trouble sleeping and relies on a neighbor for support when air raid sirens sound.
    — Oksana Galkevych, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Watching this team play can make your eyes bleed, and that air raid siren at Soldier Field has a similar effect on the ears.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2021
  • A few miles aways, Behey thinks about her parents in Rivne, where air raid warnings and fortifying bomb shelters are the new norm.
    — Shwanika Narayan, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Mar. 2022
  • In much of the country, the wail of air raid sirens has become ubiquitous as many Ukrainians seek (ph) out a subterranean existence.
    — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Many lined up for hours outside gas stations and supermarkets, mostly ignoring the occasional wail of air raid sirens.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2022
  • The strikes come after several news outlets reported air raid sirens and explosion on the outskirts of the city of Lviv earlier.
    — Forbes Staff Reports, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2022
  • And thunderous explosions soon boomed over the capital Kyiv, as air raid sirens wailed, heralding a dangerous new crisis for a world already rocked by turmoil.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The basketball player had initially planned to leave Ukraine on Saturday but was delayed due to air raid sirens sounding in the area, according to a tweet.
    — Stephanie Wenger, PEOPLE.com, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Morris was hired at UIW in December 2017 and his air raid offense quickly helped lift the program.
    — Greg Luca, San Antonio Express-News, 4 Dec. 2021
  • People streamed out of Kyiv’s suburbs a day earlier, many headed for the city center, as explosions were heard in the capital and air raid sirens sounded repeatedly.
    — Vgeniy Maloletka, chicagotribune.com, 10 Mar. 2022
  • On their last night in Lviv, the trio heard air raid sirens go off in the city.
    — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Back in Chicago, at 10:30 p.m., the air raid sirens jumped to life.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • As the leaders left the church, the air raid sirens rang out overhead.
    — Matt Viser and Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Jolie and her aides had to leave when air raid sirens began to sound.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 2 May 2022
  • At least eight people were killed there as air raid sirens filled the streets.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2022
  • The sound of the air raid siren continues in your head even in silence.
    — Julia Kafizova, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Between the air raid sirens, amid updates from the front, there grows what saves.
    — New York Times, 15 July 2022
  • Martha, you were awakened by air raid sirens last night.
    — ABC News, 13 Mar. 2022
  • My first night back in the country, in that region, the air raid sirens sounded.
    — Bytom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 11 May 2022
  • At one point, workers had to pause their search and move out as an air raid siren went off.
    — Susan Archer, NBC News, 28 June 2022
  • The second air raid siren of the day whines as Zinovii stands outside church with his son.
    — Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2022
  • Dear guest, our event will be suspended in case of air raid alert.
    — CNN, 30 Apr. 2022
  • The wail of air raid sirens was sounding outside her home in western Ukraine.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 14 July 2023
  • But these were built on sites peppered with bomb shelters, and under the wail of air raid sirens.
    — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023

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