How to Use frigate in a Sentence

frigate

noun
  • Greek frigates and F-16s were on the scene within hours.
    — The Week Uk, TheWeek, 15 Mar. 2026
  • The frigate sale to Australia dwarfs that missile deal.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Eight anti-ship missile launch tubes can also be seen on the frigate.
    — Abhishek Bhardwaj, Interesting Engineering, 23 Jan. 2025
  • The video shows two anti-ship missiles striking the frigate, both in the stern.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The shipyard is also competing to build a new class of frigates.
    — David Sharp, The Seattle Times, 21 Jan. 2018
  • There's a tiny frigate flying alongside the cruiser to give it a sense of scale, which is a neat touch.
    — Kim Snaith, Space.com, 10 July 2025
  • What would a Perry-class frigate returned to service look like?
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 14 June 2017
  • Challenged by a French naval frigate, the warships went to battle alert.
    — Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2020
  • The bill includes money for the first frigate but none for the LCS.
    — al, 18 Dec. 2019
  • The deal includes an option for the acquisition of a fourth frigate.
    — Sylvie Corbet, ajc, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Mogami-class warships are advanced stealth frigates equipped with a potent array of weapons.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The French frigate Aquitaine has also been reported off the coast of Lebanon.
    — Kate Samuelson, Time, 13 Apr. 2018
  • There are other reasons for sending the frigates, however.
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 11 May 2026
  • The Navy planned to make up the difference with 20 more capable frigates.
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 20 Feb. 2018
  • And the British frigate is better than the Russian frigate, cheaper, and now more secure.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 4 Feb. 2026
  • And the number of destroyers has halved to six while the frigate fleet has been slashed from 60 to just 11.
    — ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Macron said the Charles de Gaulle will be escorted by its air wing, and its escorting frigates.
    — ABC News, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The contract, announced last week, is for the design and construction of the lead frigate, with an option to buy nine more.
    — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2020
  • Without the protection of a frigate, the Raptors were sitting ducks.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 6 May 2022
  • The Iranian frigate could be seen as a threat to that flow, Patalano said in a post on X.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026
  • In 1816, the French naval frigate Medusa ran aground off the coast of West Africa.
    — Manuel Mendoza, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Denmark is sending fighter jets to Lithuania and a frigate to the Baltic Sea.
    — New York Times, 25 Jan. 2022
  • Reports have also claimed that the frigates could be equipped with vertical launch systems that can help house land-attack cruise missiles.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Up to 20 frigates are expected to be built, some of which will be homeported in San Diego.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2024
  • The damage to the frigate brought US minesweeping shortcomings to the forefront again.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Or the Constellation-class frigates, which were cut to a maximum two hulls from a planned 20.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Norway inked a deal to buy a number of the British frigates worth more than $13 billion in August.
    — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The frigate Hetman Sahaydachniy, the pride of Ukraine’s navy, takes the first potshots.
    — The Economist, 9 Aug. 2019
  • The first of the Mogami-class frigates is due to arrive in Australia in 2029.
    — ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The flagship frigate, adorned with the Russian and Cuban flags, was greeted by a 21-cannon salute.
    — Regina Garcia Cano, arkansasonline.com, 13 June 2024

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