Example Sentences

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George’s response reached most colonists in early January, along with news that to start the new year, a royal navy squadron had bombarded Norfolk, then Virginia’s principal port, followed by fires that destroyed the city.

From Salon • Jan. 10, 2026

One of the stories reported the "smitten" prince had bombarded the then Ms Markle with text messages.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2024

For months before the rally, Ms. Boyland had bombarded her friends and relatives with messages and links to long videos about the fantastical theories she had come to accept as fact.

From New York Times • May 30, 2021

Eyewitnesses said the production by director Burkhard C Kosminski had bombarded the audience with shocking Holocaust imagery from the start.

From The Guardian • May 9, 2013

They had bombarded dozens of elements with deuterons and assiduously tracked emissions of alpha particles during the bombardments; but the continued emission of electrons or positrons after the bombardments ended had escaped their notice.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik