Example Sentences

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They found the electrons on average move ballistically for about 20-trillionths of a second with a speed of 22 kilometers per second before running into something that terminates their ballistic motion.

From Science Daily • Dec. 15, 2023

Affixed to its victim ballistically, Bdellovibrio bores inside and cleans out the place like a cross-country team at a post-10K buffet.

From Scientific American • Sep. 5, 2022

“It went ballistically crazy — never had anything go nuts before,” Andrews said, delighted that the post had been shared 100 times.

From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2020

“He often gets information about what’s going on in Japan before I do. The guy is totally, ballistically nuts, in the most positive way.”

From New York Times • Aug. 17, 2016

Rearmament of our Cavalry with a 6-millimetre carbine, ballistically equal in all respects to the rifle of the Infantry.

From Cavalry in Future Wars by Goldman, Charles Sydney