How to Use bottle rocket in a Sentence

bottle rocket

noun
  • One year, while walking my dog mid-day, some boys drove by and shot a bottle rocket at the two of us.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, ExpressNews.com, 28 June 2019
  • Fireworks are banned statewide, but the city also bans sparklers, bottle rockets and more.
    — Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2018
  • The use of bottle rockets is prohibited in all four of these cities.
    — arkansasonline.com, 29 June 2024
  • Instead, Leon and Rich Strike flashed past them like a bottle rocket.
    — New York Times, 8 May 2022
  • The most notable thing in Kansas’ law on fireworks is that bottle rockets are banned statewide.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 30 June 2026
  • The most notable thing in Kansas’ law on fireworks is that bottle rockets are banned statewide.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 July 2024
  • The air became thick with white smoke as people burned out their tires while stuck in traffic or fired off bottle rockets from the back of trucks.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Many of us have bought bottle rockets to make our own fireworks show, preparing to annoy our neighbors with each flick of our lighters.
    — Otis R. Taylor Jr., SFChronicle.com, 9 July 2018
  • Kim Jong Un is strapping nuclear warheads on the backs of bottle rockets.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 8 Sep. 2017
  • The deputy said the bottle rocket landed underneath his vehicle, the report said.
    — Web Staff, OrlandoSentinel.com, 17 May 2018
  • Build bottle rockets, a gumdrop dome, balloon cars, fluffy slime, chocolate asphalt, marker robots and more.
    — Jennifer Boehm, sun-sentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Now, if the something involves shooting a bottle rocket out of certain bodycavities, don’t do that twice.
    — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Thousands of people gathered to dance and dodge amid the bulls as roman candles and bottle rockets showered them with sparks, and spinners nipped at their legs.
    — Fernanda Pesce and Alexis Triboulard, Quartz, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Roman candles and bottle rockets are prohibited at Michigan state parks at all times.
    — Detroit Free Press, 12 Mar. 2024
  • This means most aerials are a no-go, as are firecrackers, ground spinners, Roman candles and bottle rockets.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Though a bit of grace was granted to those who want to set off bottle rockets in more sparsely populated, rural communities.
    — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 June 2025
  • While walking around the block midday on the Fourth of July, a car passed us, and a young man leaned out the window and shot a bottle rocket at us.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, courant.com, 22 June 2018
  • That said, things like firecrackers, bottle rockets and roman candles aren't allowed to be set off in Arizona no matter the time of year.
    — Perry Vandell, azcentral, 27 June 2019
  • This year, bottle rockets and sky rockets are legal in New Hampshire for the first time since 1992.
    — J.d. Capelouto and Marek Mazurek, BostonGlobe.com, 3 July 2018
  • Flowers is a bottle rocket who excelled in tough circumstances at Boston College.
    — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023
  • These include Roman candles, bottle rockets and aerial spinners.
    — John Tufts, The Courier-Journal, 3 July 2024
  • Illinois allows sparklers and other small fireworks but is one of only four states that bans bottle rockets, firecrackers, roman candles and other items.
    — Ted Slowik, Daily Southtown, 11 July 2018
  • Fireworks that launch into the air — such as bottle rockets — dart across the ground or explode are considered dangerous and are strictly prohibited for use.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2026
  • Marcos Puente Osorio stepped up to a bicycle pump and began pumping air into the soda bottle rocket.
    — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 June 2024
  • Shooting bottle rockets at each other was among the rambunctious brothers’ favorite pastimes, so that day’s activity was not out of the ordinary.
    — Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, 27 Aug. 2019
  • But with last year’s legislation, Iowa joined most of the rest of the country in loosening its rules to allow the sale of bottle rockets, firecrackers and roman candles.
    — Scott Stewart, The Seattle Times, 10 June 2018
  • Participants brought an empty 2-litter bottle to build their bottle rocket with tips and design help from Boeing engineers.
    — Daily Pilot Staff, latimes.com, 14 May 2018
  • While regulations exist on the books, many continue making powerful firecrackers and bottle rockets and selling them to the public.
    — Time, 6 July 2018
  • With all four of its tires receiving torque and launch-control programming onboard, the SF90 Stradale is said to shoot off the line like a bottle rocket.
    — Alexander Stoklosa, Car and Driver, 29 May 2019
  • The noon start created a somewhat-timid environment at puck drop, but Roope Hintz changed that with a bottle rocket wrist shot with under two minutes left in the first period.
    — Peter Warren, Dallas News, 11 Feb. 2023

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