Example Sentences
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The first ball fired fell short about fifty yards, and then ricochetted nearly across the lake.
From With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 by Various
Overhead the lightning crackled and the thunder ricochetted from the distant hills.
From The Corner House Girls on a Tour Where they went, what they saw, and what they found by Hill, Grace Brooks
Closer and closer came the brig—now her bow-guns sputtered—and a shot ricochetted near the lean prow of the Providence.
From Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure by Johnston, Charles Haven Ladd
It struck the water, and ricochetted not three yards off.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864 by Various
He tossed the coffee cup over his shoulder and it ricochetted in graceful slow motion against the far wall.
From PRoblem by Nourse, Alan Edward
