Example Sentences

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From a small compartment just over the keel, sonarmen sent quick bursts of sound stabbing through the sub's last position �and heard a satisfying "ping" as the sound waves bounced off moving steel.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Review of action makes many reported contacts and torpedoes fired appear doubtful. Freak weather effects on radar and overeager sonarmen may have accounted for many reports.”

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge