How to Use air raid in a Sentence
air raid
noun
- Much of the city was destroyed in an air raid.
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But her tirade was cut short by the piercing wail of an air raid siren.
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Chicago Tribune,
chicagotribune.com,
2 June 2018
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The two men were taking a late night walk in the park, when the air raid sirens went off.
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Rebecca Hazen,
Houston Chronicle,
30 Apr. 2018
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The incoming attack set off air raid sirens in the Golan.
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Zeina Karam and Aron Heller,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 May 2018
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The flip side of the air raid at last year's A-Day was an indictment of the secondary.
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Michael Casagrande,
AL.com,
19 Apr. 2018
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When warning of an air raid is received in the city, explosive sky rockets are fired from various points.
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Daniel C. Schlenoff,
Scientific American,
1 June 2018
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There were also constant calls for ever more squadrons to defend the British homeland against German air raids.
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Paul Kennedy,
WSJ,
29 June 2018
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Amid air raids, curfews, gas mask drills and rationing, Tom, who’s become fast friends with Buster, hatches a plucky plan to save the beast from certain death.
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Gary Goldstein,
latimes.com,
5 June 2018
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Hamas militants responded with a cross-border fusillade that sent Israelis scrambling for air raid shelters.
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Fox News,
9 Aug. 2018
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The naval missile barrage is backed by air raids by American, French, and British warplanes, also firing missiles.
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Joe Pappalardo,
Popular Mechanics,
24 Apr. 2018
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As world news teemed with hijackings and air raids, and national news with serial killers and crime surges, outrage became a way to describe whatever perplexed and disoriented us.
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New York Times,
23 May 2018
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Hezbollah meanwhile fired more rockets into Israel, including two that set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv before being intercepted.
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Mohammed Zaatari and Kareem Chehayeb,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Oct. 2024
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According to the Israeli military, air raids were sounding in Israel as Iran fired multiple rockets into the country.
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Fox News,
9 May 2018
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Palestinian militants continued to fire additional barrages toward southern Israel, setting off air raid sirens in the area throughout the night.
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Josef Federman,
The Seattle Times,
29 May 2018
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On their last night in Lviv, the trio heard air raid sirens go off in the city.
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Degen Pener,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Aug. 2023
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Back in Chicago, at 10:30 p.m., the air raid sirens jumped to life.
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Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Sep. 2023
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Cooper’s show opened with the sound of an air raid siren.
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AZCentral.com,
1 Oct. 2020
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As the leaders left the church, the air raid sirens rang out overhead.
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Matt Viser and Cleve R. Wootson Jr.,
Anchorage Daily News,
21 Feb. 2023
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Jolie and her aides had to leave when air raid sirens began to sound.
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Aimée Lutkin,
ELLE,
2 May 2022
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At least eight people were killed there as air raid sirens filled the streets.
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Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
10 Oct. 2022
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Cars, trains and ships sounded their horns and air raid sirens wailed.
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NBC News,
4 Apr. 2020
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The sound of the air raid siren continues in your head even in silence.
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Julia Kafizova,
Vogue,
12 Mar. 2022
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Between the air raid sirens, amid updates from the front, there grows what saves.
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New York Times,
15 July 2022
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Martha, you were awakened by air raid sirens last night.
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ABC News,
13 Mar. 2022
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There are a lot of cases when an air raid was about to occur and Churchill would go to the roof and watch.
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David Kindy,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Feb. 2020
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My first night back in the country, in that region, the air raid sirens sounded.
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Bytom Soufi Burridge,
ABC News,
11 May 2022
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At one point, workers had to pause their search and move out as an air raid siren went off.
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Susan Archer,
NBC News,
28 June 2022
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A week later, twelve guests at a wedding were killed in an air raid.
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Anand Gopal,
The New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2021
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This will be a clash of styles between slow-paced KP and Franklin’s air raid offense.
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BostonGlobe.com,
27 Sep. 2019
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From the ground are heard the attendant booms, the wail of air raid sirens, and the beating of footsteps running to shelter.
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Dina Kraft,
The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Oct. 2024
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