On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Gunnery. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as weaponry or arms and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Gunnery in a sentence
Gunnery meaning
- The science of guns and gunfire, including aspects of bullet flight and impact.
- The design and manufacture of guns, particularly those of a large caliber.
- The firing of guns.
Using Gunnery
- The main meaning on this page is: The science of guns and gunfire, including aspects of bullet flight and impact. | The design and manufacture of guns, particularly those of a large caliber. | The firing of guns.
- Useful related words include: weaponry, arms, implements of war, weapons system.
- In the example corpus, gunnery often appears in combinations such as: gunnery sergeant, as gunnery, gunnery sgt.
Context around Gunnery
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gunnery
- In this selection, "gunnery" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, company, japanese, pacificlast, sergeant, sgt and officer stand out and add context to how "gunnery" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a company gunnery sergeant with and as a gunnery trainer at. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gunnery" sits close to words such as aaryan, acrimony and akash, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gunnery
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Regt., execute tank gunnery Tables III through VI. (8 words)
For the next three minutes, was given a frightening demonstration of Japanese gunnery. (13 words)
Graduates make their way into the graduation ceremony at The Gunnery School in Washington Monday. (15 words)
Wolcott native Robert Taylor (The Gunnery, University of New Haven) drew a pair of walks in the first game, then put up two singles, a walk and an RBI in the second contest. (33 words)
Its success owed less to superior materiel -- adversaries such as France and the United States sometimes fielded better ships -- than to prolonged voyages that raised seamanship and gunnery to a high art. (32 words)
Contributing factors The Japanese fleets had practised gunnery regularly since the beginning of the war, using sub-calibre adapters in their guns and gaining more experience than the Russians. (29 words)
Example sentences (20)
Gunnery Sgt. Jeffrey Salois, a company gunnery sergeant with 2/2, shared how sponsoring a foster child for Christmas resonated with him personally, as a father of two.
He would return home from war duty only to be killed in July 1952 while serving as a gunnery trainer at Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.
The Vietnamese who worked with Gunnery Sergeant Gianni and his Marines were intensely loyal, but many Vietnamese people had spent millennia trying to fight off foreign rule.
In the film, Gossett was Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley, a drill instructor who shaped Gere’s character Zack Mayo in the 1982 film.
Louis Gossett Jr. won an Oscar for best supporting actor for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley.
For the next three minutes, was given a frightening demonstration of Japanese gunnery.
Wolcott native Robert Taylor (The Gunnery, University of New Haven) drew a pair of walks in the first game, then put up two singles, a walk and an RBI in the second contest.
Its success owed less to superior materiel -- adversaries such as France and the United States sometimes fielded better ships -- than to prolonged voyages that raised seamanship and gunnery to a high art.
James Holmes is Professor of Strategy at the Naval War College, coauthor ofRed Star over the Pacificlast gunnery officer to fire a battleship’s big guns in anger.
Regt., execute tank gunnery Tables III through VI.
The shore-based antiaircraft gunnery defenses were aided by heavy booms installed in the fjord mooring’s mouth.
During this time, the mission changed to post-graduate fighter pilot gunnery training just as the Korean War started.
Graduates make their way into the graduation ceremony at The Gunnery School in Washington Monday.
After having their heads shaved, they meet Senior Drill Instructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, who employs excessively forceful methods to turn the recruits into hardened, combat-ready Marines.
After the battle, the B.C.F. Gunnery Committee issued a report (at the command of Admiral David Beatty) advocating immediate changes in flash protection and charge handling.
Although Tōgō's U-turn was successful, Russian gunnery had proven surprisingly good and the flagship Mikasa was hit 15 times in five minutes.
Beatty worked hard to raise efficiency so that she was highly rated in gunnery and other competitions by the time he left the ship 19 December 1902.
Commander von Hase, the first gunnery officer aboard Derfflingler, noted: The enemy was shooting superbly.
Contributing factors The Japanese fleets had practised gunnery regularly since the beginning of the war, using sub-calibre adapters in their guns and gaining more experience than the Russians.
Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud in McCloud (played by Dennis Weaver ), and Sheriff Victor Galindez as Gunnery Sgt. in JAG (played by Randy Vasquez ).
Common combinations with gunnery
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: