Example Sentences

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A crackling sound on the radio sends instructions to artillerymen waiting inside a US-made M-109 Paladin howitzer.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023

The artillerymen moved quickly to load their gun, toiling in the heat of a sunny June day.

From Reuters • Jun. 19, 2023

“We’re pulling artillerymen out of the fight to learn these howitzers and then we’re putting them back in.”

From Washington Times • May 20, 2022

Instead of rushing munitions to the front, the United States must also send the guns, while also providing training to artillerymen in another country.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2022

On the third afternoon of the siege of Saint-Malo, the shelling lulls, as though all the artillerymen abruptly fell asleep at their guns.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr