How to Use grenade in a Sentence
grenade
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At first there are mostly wounds caused by bullets or grenades.
—Yuriy Zaliznyak, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
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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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During an assault this past autumn, Perun kicked a grenade away from several of his men.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
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This time mortar or grenade fragments slammed into his feet, buttocks and an arm, leaving him immobile.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
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In the 13-minute short, a bartender tries to reason with a disgruntled veteran who placed a grenade on the counter of a gay bar.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
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In gruesome footage posted by his captors, Goldberg-Polin is shown packed into the back of a truck, his arm blown off by a grenade.
—Shira Rubin, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
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Each one has their own specialty; Marco’s a straight shooter while Eri’s grenades damage areas.
—Jordan Minor, PCMAG, 10 June 2024
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Sawdust swirled and workers buzzed while every dish, glass, pot, pan and appliance sat in the adjacent family room as if someone had tossed in a grenade.
—Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 4 July 2024
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When trainees hesitate for too long, instructors have to throw the grenade over the wall, which causes a close detonation, and then grab the trainee and lower both to the ground.
—Melissa Chan, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2024
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The audits also showed that thousands of grenades and anti-tank charges were also missing, as well as 550 rockets and two missiles.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024
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Iran has further sought to provide lighter arms, such as automatic rifles and grenades, to militants in the West Bank.
—Afshon Ostovar, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2024
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Attackers then threw a grenade or incendiary bomb, starting a fire in the hall, according to Russian state media.
—Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 22 Mar. 2024
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An unidentified individual threw a grenade at a military draft office in Busk, Ukraine.
—Fox News, 15 July 2024
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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
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Besides ammunition, the missing supplies include explosives, hand grenades and anti-tank missiles.
—Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 1 May 2024
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Marcus diligently Opens Up™ about his traumatic final deployment as an Army Ranger, which ended with him being blown up by a grenade.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 16 July 2024
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At the front door was a bag of grenades, abandoned by Hamas.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2023
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The Capitol shook with the force of percussion grenades, and smoke rose above the crowd.
—Sarah D. Wire, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2024
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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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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
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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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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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Many of the drones used in the conflict are off-the shelf-models that have been customized to carry grenades.
—Sascha Brodsky, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023
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The Army describes the type of device the diver found as a riot control hand grenade.
—Michelle Watson, CNN, 4 June 2023
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It is equipped with a 30 mm gun, a machine gun and/or a grenade launcher, and can travel up to 60 miles per hour.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2023
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The grenade was found to be inert and, according to its owner, was bought at an air show.
—Salvador Hernandezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Jan. 2023
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Explosive vests, grenades and RPGs were displayed on the floor.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 14 Nov. 2023
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An anti-drone cage likewise works best against drones that drop grenades.
—David Axe, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
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That wall locker took the brunt of the grenade blast shielding Romaine and Hodges from massive shrapnel.
—Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 30 Mar. 2023
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Nearby, three men passed around a green grenade, its striker and pin removed.
—Ann Neumann, Harper’s Magazine , 6 Jan. 2023
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