How to Use frigate in a Sentence

frigate

noun
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  • The video shows two anti-ship missiles striking the frigate, both in the stern.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The last of the tired frigates will likely serve until 2040.
    — Eric Tegler, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
  • The French frigate Aquitaine has also been reported off the coast of Lebanon.
    — Kate Samuelson, Time, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The Navy planned to make up the difference with 20 more capable frigates.
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2018
  • In [Alexander] Hamilton's time, someone my age could be commander of a frigate.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 3 Mar. 2018
  • The submarine, a frigate, an oil tanker and a rescue tug slowly departed from the port on Monday morning.
    — CBS News, 17 June 2024
  • That depicts a calamity of three years earlier, when the Méduse , a French naval frigate, ran aground off the West African coast.
    — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • In addition, a French frigate is stationed off of Lebanon in international waters.
    — Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The refugee vessel was intercepted by a Thai navy frigate and later escorted by a Thai patrol vessel until sighting land, said Fariq.
    — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2018
  • The French military played a significant role in the strikes, deploying aircraft from bases around France and launching missiles from frigates in the Mediterranean.
    — William Horobin, WSJ, 15 Apr. 2018
  • In 1816, the French naval frigate Medusa ran aground off the coast of West Africa.
    — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • The next year, the frigate Samuel B. Roberts struck a mine and nearly sank.
    — Helene Cooper, New York Times, 28 June 2019
  • The bill includes money for the first frigate but none for the LCS.
    — al, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Can’t the Book Review find a few more frigates out there?
    — New York Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • At the moment, Germany has working frigates, but the U.S. does not.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2024
  • Don’t give up the ship’’ during a losing battle with the British frigate Shannon in the War of 1812.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2018
  • In 1794, the year it was established, the United States Navy was equipped with just six frigates.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy, the pride of Ukraine’s navy, takes the first potshots.
    — The Economist, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Challenged by a French naval frigate, the warships went to battle alert.
    — Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Denmark is sending fighter jets to Lithuania and a frigate to the Baltic Sea.
    — New York Times, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The flagship frigate, adorned with the Russian and Cuban flags, was greeted by a 21-cannon salute.
    — Regina Garcia Cano, arkansasonline.com, 13 June 2024
  • The Spanish frigate Méndez Núñez also aided in the search.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 July 2019
  • The deal includes an option for the acquisition of a fourth frigate.
    — Sylvie Corbet, ajc, 28 Sep. 2021
  • On Tuesday, in the seas outside Suao naval port, a missile launched from a navy frigate left a trail of smoke in the sky as depth charges threw up spray.
    — Pei Lin Wu, Washington Post, 27 July 2022
  • Up to 20 frigates are expected to be built, some of which will be homeported in San Diego.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2024
  • The contract, announced last week, is for the design and construction of the lead frigate, with an option to buy nine more.
    — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2020
  • But since the seizure of Crimea Russia has put the fleet on steroids, adding half a dozen new submarines, three frigates and a slew of missile-toting boats.
    — The Economist, 9 Aug. 2019
  • Without the protection of a frigate, the Raptors were sitting ducks.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 6 May 2022
  • Tehran is reported to have 33 subs (Israel, 6), and five frigates (Israel is said to have none).
    — Greg Norman, Fox News, 10 May 2018
  • Did a storm disturb a pirate treasure chest or break open up a sunken colonial frigate?
    — New York Times, 12 Dec. 2020

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