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Cannon in a sentence
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Cannon meaning
- A complete assembly, consisting of an artillery tube and a breech mechanism, firing mechanism or base cap, which is a component of a gun, howitzer or mortar, which may include muzzle appendages.
- Any similar device for shooting material out of a tube.
Example sentences (20)
He is too old and too feeble to stand up to any questioning, let alone standing up to a loose cannon like Kennedy.
Donations, if desired, may be made for Pancreatic Research UK and left in the donation box in Cannon Hill Chapel.
Cannon and Gardner both expressed frustration with the city’s lack of transparency on the future of the program.
A heavy police presence remained outside the interior ministry building on the street, along with water cannon.
Cannon added six and a half years to his prison term, which was less than the sentencing guidelines called for.
Engineers tested a propane cannon mounted on an automated drift boat, but it moved too slowly to scare birds.
New aiming and loading technology meant the cannon could fire significantly faster than other similar weapons at the time.
Members of the Cannon County Rescue Squad and the Kittrell Volunteer Fire Department conducted that rescue.
Most of all, people, especially an army whose soldiers were treated like cheap cannon fodder, wanted peace.
Attendees will witness fireside chats from Dwyane Wade, Nick Cannon, Jacob Latimore, Jay Ellis, and more.
As Cannon, showed in January though, not getting what you want doesn’t always end up being a bad thing.
Clearly, there’s no way for us to know whether the judge presiding over this case, Aileen Cannon, will rule in Trump’s favor or not.
The piece over which the cannon jumps is called the 炮臺 (trad.) / 炮台 (simp.) pào tái ("cannon platform") or "screen".
Besides, Judge Cannon is a qualified jurist and deserves to be given the benefit of the doubt.
When a cannon was fired, it partially disarmed the ship, so needlessly firing a cannon showed respect and trust.
Nick Cannon responds to Andy Cohen telling him “you’re single-handedly populating the earth.
By 1780, Cannon had constructed three sawmills on the sweeping stretch of once-vacant land.
Hard work, cannon arm, legs/speed and height are one thing, but the thing that really matters is ability to read and react to NFL defenses.
Nicholas Scott Cannon parents are James Cannon, who is a televangelist and Beth Hackett who is an accountant.
As always, there will be giveaways, draws, theme nights and Sparky on the T-shirt cannon.
Phrases with cannon
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Common combinations with cannon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the cannon 19×
- nick cannon 14×
- water cannon 14×
- cannon fodder 14×
- cannon and 10×
- cannon to 9×
- cannon is 7×
- as cannon 6×
- cannon in 5×
- of cannon 5×
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