Cannons is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Cannons meaning
plural of cannon
Using Cannons
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of cannon
- In the example corpus, cannons often appears in combinations such as: water cannons, cannons and, cannons were.
Context around Cannons
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cannons
- In this selection, "cannons" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, water, millimeter, light, recently, flint and dante stand out and add context to how "cannons" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 30 millimeter cannons but the and and water cannons to disperse. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cannons" sits close to words such as allocations, baths and berger, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cannons
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Light cannons and cannons with multiple volleys were developed. (9 words)
Expect special effects like slime cannons, snowballs, presents and, naturally, pizza. (11 words)
Friday featured a diverse lineup, including DJ Naka G, Cannons, Tessla, Gryffin, and Jack White. (15 words)
A trifecta of cannons recently discovered in Arizona are the crux of the discoveries and thanks to help from a Lea County foundation, models of those cannons will soon once again boom over the desert southwest for the first time in nearly 500 years. (44 words)
In the Battle of Austerlitz sequence, we see the methodical lead-up and tactically fiendish outcome of the French army’s cannons aimed at an ice-covered lake, sending the retreating Russian and Austrian soldiers to a cold, wet grave. (40 words)
January 5th had marked the eighth week of protests against ’s economic policies; across the country that day, fifty thousand took to the streets, facing off against tear gas, water cannons, and other dispersal tactics employed by French riot police. (40 words)
Example sentences (20)
A trifecta of cannons recently discovered in Arizona are the crux of the discoveries and thanks to help from a Lea County foundation, models of those cannons will soon once again boom over the desert southwest for the first time in nearly 500 years.
The first thirty preproduction B-0 aircraft were armed with MG-151 twenty-millimeter cannons, while the remaining four hundred B-1s had twin Mk 108 thirty-millimeter cannons.
Light cannons and cannons with multiple volleys were developed.
Non-lethal water cannons and tear gas cannons can provide suppressive fire in lieu of unnecessary deadly fire. citation The vehicle must be protected against weapons typical of riots.
The National Guard had hundreds of cannons and thousands of rifles in its arsenal, but only half of the cannons and two-thirds of the rifles were ever used.
According to them, the other items returning are the Planes, Pirate Cannons, Flint-Knock Pistol, Minigun, Suppressed Sniper Rifle, Balloons, Poison Dart Trap, Itemized Glider Redeploy, and Buried Treasure.
As Jakob and Little Brian try to escape the hideout in an armored car with cannons, Dante catches them and snatches Little Brian from Jacob’s vehicle, driving away with the child.
As protesters poured into the streets, police used water cannons to push them back from Netanyahu's residence.
Chinese ships blasted government fishing vessels with water cannons and used acoustic devices incapacitating Filipino crewmembers.
Expect special effects like slime cannons, snowballs, presents and, naturally, pizza.
For example, during the invasion of Egypt, Napoleon’s troops are shown to fire cannons at the Pyramids of Giza.
Friday featured a diverse lineup, including DJ Naka G, Cannons, Tessla, Gryffin, and Jack White.
Gunnar and his friends heroically destroy one of the cannons and take down the remaining German soldiers.
He also brought the cannons of La Trinidad Valencera when it was landed at Malin head.
High reload times coupled with a punishing damage falloff at range have hampered the archetype through much of 's run, and players were optimistic with the mid-season patches damage buff that hand cannons would mount a comeback.
Instead, the F-4 was intended to fire radar-guided missiles from beyond visual range, not engage in air combat maneuvering, using internal cannons.
In the Battle of Austerlitz sequence, we see the methodical lead-up and tactically fiendish outcome of the French army’s cannons aimed at an ice-covered lake, sending the retreating Russian and Austrian soldiers to a cold, wet grave.
It was armed with two fairly stout 30-millimeter cannons, but the pilot would have to possess near robotic reflexes and timing to get the guns to score a hit before he rocketed past the target.
January 5th had marked the eighth week of protests against ’s economic policies; across the country that day, fifty thousand took to the streets, facing off against tear gas, water cannons, and other dispersal tactics employed by French riot police.
Sri Lanka Police fired tear gas, and water cannons to disperse the protest at Technical Junction, Maradana.
Common combinations with cannons
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- water cannons 53×
- cannons and 38×
- cannons were 15×
- cannons to 13×
- the cannons 12×
- and cannons 9×
- of cannons 6×
- two cannons 6×
- cannons with 5×
- with cannons 5×