How to Use launcher in a Sentence

launcher

noun
  • One of the men then lowers the launcher and aims it down the street.
    — Ashley Carnahan, FOXNews.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Kids can even release the launcher and race them on side-by-side tracks.
    — Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
  • This is the phone as a partner, rather than a phone as an app launcher.
    — Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • At some point, the guards opened fire with machine guns and grenade launchers.
    — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 25 Sep. 2017
  • Just flick the launchers, splash a cup, and the no spill rack will clean up any excess plunk.
    — Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2017
  • The man has a rocket launcher for a leg and golden pipes for opera singing.
    — Daniel Kohn, Spin, 6 Sep. 2023
  • All of them work just like the in-game version of the rocket launcher.
    — WIRED, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The launcher holds six rockets and is attached to a dark green truck frame.
    — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 1 July 2022
  • While there are some starter sets that do come with ripcords and launchers, many are stand-alone tops.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 June 2025
  • It's always been rare for a new launcher to ace its first-ever liftoff.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Dec. 2025
  • Plus, the launcher doubles as a hands-free way to pick up the slobbery ball.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2025
  • They were armed with small arms, machine guns, and a single-shot grenade launcher.
    — NBC News, 8 May 2018
  • The tennis ball launcher was 3 feet long and made of hard plastic, deputies said.
    — Jared Gilmour, miamiherald, 14 Mar. 2018
  • There’s a ton of Mac launchers out there, but Tuna is quick.
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 6 June 2026
  • The rocket boosters are the first to be slapped on the mobile launcher.
    — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2020
  • Crews are having to climb the launcher using stairs until that is fixed.
    — Lee Roop | [email protected], al, 18 Nov. 2022
  • An officer, who appears to be in plain clothes, aims a launcher over the shield.
    — Gloria Rebecca Gomez, The Arizona Republic, 15 July 2022
  • The grenade launcher can be attached to a rifle, and can shoot 40 mm rounds.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2020
  • When the mobile launcher rig stops, soldiers clad in army green uniforms run around the truck.
    — Avery Schmitz, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • Some Playable titles forced the use of the touch screen on their launcher, which was awkward.
    — Matthew Buzzi, PCMAG, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Bouchard said the grenade launchers are shotgun-sized devices that police use to fire tear gas or flares.
    — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2017
  • The army said four of the launchers discovered had rockets inside them and were ready to be fired.
    — WSJ, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The video shows a Russian missile launcher sitting in the open.
    — Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Once installed, Prime Gaming games can be claimed via the launcher.
    — Jason Cohen, PCMAG, 4 Jan. 2022
  • One, the Vampire, can take down drones with a launcher attached to a pickup truck.
    — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2022
  • There are also four smoke grenade launchers mounted at the front on each side of the turret and at the rear there are two more.
    — Allison Barrie, Fox News, 18 June 2018
  • When the ride first opened, Disney said launchers could fire six objects per second.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
  • There are planes, choppers, rocket launchers, AA units, and much more.
    — Brittany Vincent, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The Grad launcher was at a range that would have been difficult for the unit to reach with its old systems.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 7 June 2022
  • The fighters and the launcher were then handed over to Lebanese troops, who released them on the same day.
    — Arkansas Online, 4 Sep. 2021

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