Below you will find example sentences with "drone strikes". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Drone Strikes in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: drone
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 23.7 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "drone strikes" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 23.7 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as additionally drone strikes have emerged, almost daily drone strikes since kyiv, russian, ukrainian and military stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with air strikes, drone attacks, drone attack, drone attacks, drone attack and drone delivery, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with drone strikes
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
A number of botched U.S. drone strikes have killed civilians. (11 words)
Debris from drone strikes on Ukrainian ports has been repeatedly found on Romanian territory. (14 words)
First those with acute injuries that had just happened (gunshot wounds, drone strikes, bombings, etc.). (15 words)
Upon joining the air force, Bryant said he never wanted to be a drone operator and was ushered into a movie theater and shown clips of drone strikes to the sounds of heavy metal band, Metallica. (36 words)
In some instances, Ukrainian officials have appealed directly to Mr. Musk to turn on Starlink access during military operations so they can conduct drone strikes across enemy lines — requests that the billionaire has not always approved. (36 words)
The strikes, the first to hit civilian homes in the Russian capital since the invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, were high in Moscow on Tuesday after a rare series of drone strikes damaged buildings. (35 words)
Example sentences (20)
Upon joining the air force, Bryant said he never wanted to be a drone operator and was ushered into a movie theater and shown clips of drone strikes to the sounds of heavy metal band, Metallica.
The strikes, the first to hit civilian homes in the Russian capital since the invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, were high in Moscow on Tuesday after a rare series of drone strikes damaged buildings.
Additionally, drone strikes have emerged as major threats to military installations and must be detected early enough to protect assets and troops.
A number of botched U.S. drone strikes have killed civilians.
Debris from drone strikes on Ukrainian ports has been repeatedly found on Romanian territory.
Drone strikes on Russian soil are only set to increase as ’s invasion home, a senior Kyiv official has said.
However, Tehran has been targeted in suspected Israeli drone strikes amid a shadow war with its Middle Eastern rival as its nuclear deal with world powers collapsed.
Moscow and other Russian regions have been targeted by almost daily drone strikes since Kyiv vowed this summer to "return" the conflict to Russia.
There have also been drone strikes against Russian oil pipelines and refineries including near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, a oil export hub for Russia.
With Kyiv’s counteroffensive looming, Russia has resumed missile and drone strikes across Ukraine this month after a near two-month lull.
A campaign of drone strikes began under President George W Bush to target the local affiliate of al-Qaida, attacks that have continued under Mr Biden’s administration.
Also Friday, Israel announced that two officers – a colonel and major – had been sacked, and three others including a general had been reprimanded, following a preliminary military investigation into the drone strikes on the convoy.
Authorities in two Russian regions adjacent to Chechnya, Ingushetia and North Ossetia, reported drone strikes on Wednesday morning.
But I don’t think that any rational person thinks that drone strikes are the same.
Despite these developments, continues to launch relentless missile and drone strikes across Ukrainian soil, indicating that the conflict shows no signs of diminishing.
First those with acute injuries that had just happened (gunshot wounds, drone strikes, bombings, etc.).
In some instances, Ukrainian officials have appealed directly to Mr. Musk to turn on Starlink access during military operations so they can conduct drone strikes across enemy lines — requests that the billionaire has not always approved.
RAF jets were provided to assist Israel in defending itself from Iran's missile and drone strikes overnight.
Soldiers on both sides have reported the visceral fear of drones – and both sides have used macabre video footage of fatal drone strikes in their propaganda.
The danger to supplies from sudden geopolitical instability heightened in March as a result of the Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries.