salvos
- plural of salvo.
Example Sentences
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Salvos blasted the airfields at Nivelles and St. Trond. south and east of Brussels, followed by parachutists.
From Time Magazine Archive
Salvos of artillery echoed along the majestic cliffs.
From The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago by Abbott, John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot)
Salvos after salvos sounded deep and loud from the cannon's mouth, and echoed and re-echoed up and down the valleys of the Holston.
From History of Kershaw's Brigade by Dickert, D. Augustus
Salvos of artillery were fixed every hour from six in the evening till midnight; at each salvo, the towers, spires, and public buildings were illuminated for a few minutes by Bengal lights.
From The Court of the Empress Josephine by Perry, Thomas Sergeant
Salvos of artillery were fired from the ramparts of the town and the citadel, and the whole progress of the royal cortège through the streets resembled a triumphal procession.
From The Life of Marie de Medicis — Volume 1 by Pardoe, Julia
