Example Sentences

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The Buffalo Bills were storming back from down 13-0 late against the Philadelphia Eagles when they decided they would try to end the game instead of going to overtime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

Baldwin’s character was about to engage in a shootout with two actors portraying lawmen who were storming the church to nab Baldwin, who was playing a hardened outlaw named Harland Rust.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 29, 2024

A similar dispute had erupted between the Capitol Police and its board before Jan. 6 and even as rioters were storming the building.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2021

I saw a bunch of cops outside trying to protect it and a lot of noises—it sounded really like people were storming the barricades.

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2021

They were gone in an instant, and the next moment the crowd of pursuers were storming about the door demanding whither the enemy had disappeared.

From The Black-Bearded Barbarian : The life of George Leslie Mackay of Formosa by MacGregor, Mary Esther Miller