How to Use battleship in a Sentence

battleship

noun
  • There was no word on what the battleships will cost.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Why do Swedish battleships have bar codes on them?
    — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 May 2026
  • Read on to find out more about this mega-battleship that never was.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 7 May 2026
  • The death knell for the battleship age came on the day that will live in infamy.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 5 Nov. 2018
  • Then there’s the question of who will build these new battleships.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
  • When the ship had cooled, he was assigned to dive and pull bodies out of the battleship.
    — Ariane Lange, Sacramento Bee, 2 Apr. 2024
  • Some overcoats are built like battleships; others feel more akin to a bathrobe.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 24 Nov. 2025
  • As a child, Michael spent his free time whittling battleships.
    — Marina Starleaf Riker, ExpressNews.com, 31 Dec. 2019
  • There are no chest-busters here, dripping saliva that can pit the plates of a battleship.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2023
  • Some of the postcards are almost blank, and were issued on the battleship.
    — Ben Hohenstatt, The Seattle Times, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The best way to get around with heavy payload through the oceans is using huge battleships with large engines.
    — Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 22 July 2024
  • Coins, park passes, battleships, and now your passport.
    — Callum Sutherland, Time, 29 Apr. 2026
  • At the same time, Emmert’s removal on its own will not be the event that turns the battleship around.
    — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The battleship’s wrecked hull was left in place and now is the site of a national memorial.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Unlike the guns of a battleship, these tubes must be aimed at the mark by aiming the entire vessel.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Garcia said the parking lot will be used as part of the repair and restoration project for the battleship.
    — David Taylor, Houston Chronicle, 12 Aug. 2019
  • Sailors jumped from the battleship into burning oil below as machine gun fire strafed the ship and the rest of the fleet.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
  • That same teak left outdoors with no protection soon becomes battleship gray.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The battleship used to rule the seas thanks to big guns and thick armor, was displaced by the aircraft carrier.
    — David Hambling, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • And Halsey wanted this flag present for the solemn event, which would be held on the battleship in Tokyo Bay.
    — Michael E. Ruane Washington Post, Star Tribune, 10 Sep. 2020
  • Just off the shore, Navy battleships stood guard in the English Channel.
    — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
  • After the wreath was placed, the Trumps tossed white flower petals into the waters above the battleship's sunken hull.
    — CBS News, 4 Nov. 2017
  • The Navy would ask for $17 billion in procurement funds for the battleship next year.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The two groups of signatories stood on opposite sides of a table brought from the battleship's mess hall.
    — Henry Larson, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The battleship was a type of large warship that went out of service in the early 1990s.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The Navy has also been in talks with two different vendors for the battleship’s design process.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Among them was the battleship Arizona, which went down with 1,177 crew members.
    — Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2017
  • Gregory Peck and William Holden look fit on the bridge of a battleship.
    — Steven Kotler, Variety, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Like the carriers, large battleships could be putting too much firepower on one platform, critics say.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The battleships will be armed with new nuclear-capable cruise missiles to be launched from 12 cells on board.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025

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