How to Use bomb in a Sentence

bomb

1 of 2 noun
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  • They hid a bomb in the building.
  • Many bombs were dropped on the city during the war.
  • A bomb went off downtown.
  • The cat gets close to try the flesh; a bomb pounds the street.
    — Mosab Abu Toha, The New York Review of Books, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Hersey tells the story of six survivors of the blast and the story of the whole bomb.
    — Kelsey Atherton, Vulture, 26 July 2023
  • Hall was a key member of the team that built the implosion bomb.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The atom bomb could fall, or Martians could arrive, all that sort of thing.
    — Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Satellite images obtained by The Post show bomb damage to the area near the pit.
    — Rennie Svirnovskiy, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2023
  • And the scoring bomb to Hill wasn’t his only low point Sunday.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
  • But the script is awash in clichés and the movie lacking in excitement despite plenty of guns and knives and bombs.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
  • If your giftee is someone who could use some 'me time,' a bath bomb set is always the right move.
    — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Her vehicle and backpack were searched and no bomb was found.
    — S.e. Jenkins, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2024
  • At least one of the victims died after finding the nearest bomb shelter locked.
    — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 1 June 2023
  • Haze Juices is a lean, dry IPA unlike the sugar bombs delivered by many hazies.
    — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Throw in scented bath bombs to make their post-massage bath even more soothing.
    — Melissa Mills, Parents, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The turkey-sized bomb dropped out of the hovering helicopter and plopped onto the soft snow below.
    — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 11 May 2023
  • Riddle hooked up twice on scoring bombs to Chase Monroe and added his third rushing score in three games.
    — Matthew Glenesk, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Unlike Israel, Gaza has no air raid sirens or bomb shelters.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2023
  • There were, however, other materials in the can that could be used to make a bomb, deputies said.
    — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 26 Mar. 2024
  • Many Arab towns don’t have bomb shelters to protect them from rocket attacks.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2023
  • In the video, a tearful Cohen described how one woman was in a bomb shelter that was set on fire by the terrorists to force her out.
    — Desiree Adib, ABC News, 24 Nov. 2023
  • So what is the point of a smart bomb that only affects decent human beings, not people who are evil.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
  • When Hamas terrorists stormed the music festival on Oct. 7, the 23-year-old hid with a group in a bomb shelter, his parents said.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Mark Strong is lending his voice and celebrity to help raise money to renovate a bomb shelter for 327 school kids in Ukraine.
    — Degen Pener, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The Punisher has a range of 25 miles and can carry five and a half pounds of explosive inside a small bomb, which is attached to the underside of the drone.
    — Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • In addition to candles, Monet makes wax melts, bath bombs, soaps, lotions, sprays and more.
    — Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 12 July 2023
  • Chai Baked Oatmeal This dish is a true flavor bomb made with baked oatmeal, pecans, and shredded coconut.
    — Women's Health, 11 July 2023
  • The weapons pack such bomblets into rockets, bombs, missiles and artillery shells that break apart midair and scatter the munitions over a large area.
    — Luis Martinez, ABC News, 6 July 2023
  • By law, only schools with bomb shelters can have full on-site lessons, meaning that many students have to study online, or part-time in the classroom.
    — Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Or order espresso martinis for two, chocolate bombs for the kids, or bourbon hot toddies for the grown-ups.
    — Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
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bomb

2 of 2 verb
  • The movie bombed at the box office.
  • A car was bombing down the highway.
  • The city was heavily bombed during the war.
  • The play bombed on Broadway.
  • He bombed at his first performance.
  • I completely bombed my math exam.
  • The planes flew 200 miles to bomb their target.
  • At least half the homes where the refugees took shelter were bombed.
    — Marc Santora Tyler Hicks, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The government bombed all the bridges and access to and from the island.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 May 2023
  • The film bombed, and more critics than not disagreed with me.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 18 Apr. 2023
  • And that was one of the reasons that Stimson took Kyoto off the list to be bombed.
    — Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 20 July 2023
  • Street hoodlums threw sticks at him and bombed his front porch with bricks.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2023
  • Well, that’s not going to be enough for Putin to stop bombing Ukraine.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Their country was being bombed, and so many of them fled west.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
  • He’s been bombing first serves, including one in the third round that clocked in at 147 mph.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The office was bombed leaving her eardrum ruptured and her cheek scarred.
    — Tabitha Britt, Peoplemag, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Dresden was bombed to smithereens in 1945 and restored to its Baroque splendor.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • But somewhere amid the wreckage, there was a ray of fortune: None of his staff were there when the building was bombed.
    — WIRED, 25 Oct. 2023
  • At the height of his action hero fame, Bruce Willis starred as a gun-for-hire in this action film that bombed at the box office.
    — Jacob Linden, Country Living, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Two days later, the building next door was bombed—and the windows of their new office were blown through.
    — WIRED, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Thousands of miles from the cities that Russia is bombing in Ukraine, China has been studying the war.
    — Chris Buckley, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Hashem lost an uncle, and the family house was bombed by Al Qaeda.
    — Alissa J. Rubin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
  • In addition, the places that would most likely be where the hostages would shelter were being bombed.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2024
  • On the same day Fernando Tatis Jr. returns and goes 0-for-5, Twitter bombs my blue check.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Right after the Nazis bombed Coventry in November of 1940, Tauský's unit was sent in to help find survivors.
    — oregonlive, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Japanese planes bombed the ship transporting her and strafed the lifeboats.
    — Michael Washburn, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
  • After a kiosk was bombed, a 72-year-old man, one of her distant relatives, was killed.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • In the dark hours, Ukraine’s Baba Yaga night-drones bomb the Russian assembly points and seed the roads with mines.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Many of the hundreds of one-way attack drones Russia has used to bomb Ukraine within the last year are believed to have been made in Iran, as well.
    — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 18 Oct. 2023
  • As a result of its prominent place during the movement, the motel was bombed in May 1963.
    — Joseph D. Bryant | Jbryant@al.com, al, 19 June 2023

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