By nine in the morning the ships were abreast, and roaring cannonades from the English cut the decks of the _Pelican_ to kindling wood and set the masts in flame. ❋ Unknown (1903)
The cannonades ended at sundown with the British cruisers in retreat. ❋ Charles Rappleye (2010)
When the man shook me out of my horrific nightmare, I looked all around, uncertain where I was for a minute, and it was then that I realized it was the enormous, harrowing, mechanical breathing sounds emanating from Tommy'sIron Lungthat had been in the background of my nightmare the whole night, while they were setting off cannonades in the dream through my brother's midsection. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The blasts kept coming until the mountains themselves seemed to ring with the reverberating cannonades. ❋ Michael Hiltzik (2010)
As I listen to the rhetorical cannonades being volleyed back and forth over such ridiculous issues as whether or not there will be federal death squads winnowing seniors from the herd, it is hard to remember that health care is about well, health care. ❋ Unknown (2009)
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This is not another broadside in the ship-to-ship cannonades of the silat wars, but a general observation demonstrating the truth of something that Chas Clements used to use as the closing to his Usenet postings -- I'll get back to that in a minute. ❋ Steve Perry (2009)
Authoritarian right wing Christian freaks seem to be particularly prone to the dirty nasty nekkid sort of stuff in porn, violence, nudity, humiliation and the Rapture only with ATM (ass to mouth action), cannonades of cum shots and of course the humiliation of the woman figure. ❋ Unknown (2009)
The governor and his forces arrived safely at Zeelandia, greeted by cannonades. ❋ Unknown (2006)
Once the governor and Council members were inside, the soldiers fired off three musketry salvos, which were answered by three more cannonades from Fort Zeelandia. ❋ Unknown (2006)
The arrival of the governor was, as we have seen, accompanied by great military pageantry. 33 We have seen how the Formosan aborigines were impressed by the company's firearms and cannons, which provided its decisive edge in military encounters. 34 The governor's procession from Fort Zeelandia to the venue of the landdag was punctuated by musketry salutes and cannonades. ❋ Unknown (2006)
The procession, with its honor guard of soldiers and halberdiers, accompanied by musketry salvos and cannonades, portrayed the governor as the chief of the great warriors who had so proven their prowess on the battlefield. ❋ Unknown (2006)
I'm curious, though; at the end of the convention, when all of the families gather on the stage for the big balloon drop and the confetti cannonades and the delegates going nuts and everybody's waving, will Bristol and Levi come out on stage too to celebrate this wonderful moment? ❋ Unknown (2008)
When the triumphant forces returned to Fort Zeelandia, they were welcomed by cannonades and musket salvoes as a sign that they have achieved victory for the Chinese. ❋ Unknown (2006)
The prophet who had warned of “the egg of a North African empire” now ordered the church bells to be rung and cannonades to be fired in the London parks in celebration of its delivery. ❋ Dominic Green (2007)
Halfway across the bridge, sprinting through the deluge, deaf from the cannonades of thunder, he realized that he was laughing. ❋ David Mack (2007)
#1 "they listened to the cannonade of war from a distant shelter"
#2 "[the midnight] cannonading of [black ops] [echoed] threw halls every night after launch." ❋ ANUBIIS (2016)
[will you] stop with your verbal cannonade; i can't [listen] to you [like that]. ❋ Sexydimma (2019)
[will you] stop with your verbal cannonade; i can't [listen] to you [like that]. ❋ Sexydimma (2020)
