How to Use warship in a Sentence

warship

noun
  • Other warships have been at sea far longer.
    — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
  • The dashboard looks like a sci-fi warship.
    — Byron Hurd, The Drive, 4 Feb. 2026
  • For this reason such a vessel cannot give chase to a warship.
    — Popular Mechanics Editors, Popular Mechanics, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Is that enough to take out a Russian warship?
    — Holly Williams, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Read the story here How many warships are in the area?
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • It has not yet been determined if the warship will have to be scrapped.
    — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 27 Aug. 2020
  • The normal crew size for a warship of that class is 140.
    — Bharatha Mallawarachi, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The United States put two warships through the straits.
    — Sophia Vento, The Hill, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The great gray warship was to the recording device as a barn of hay is to a needle.
    — Marguerite Holloway, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The warship had 180 people on board.
    — CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The crew burned the remains of the warship to make sure its guns did not fall into enemy hands.
    — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The film follows the journey of a soldier who awakens aboard a warship.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 10 May 2024
  • The best guess is that Turkey will send at least a few warships and fighter jets, plus some ground forces.
    — The Economist, 11 Jan. 2020
  • The Chinese navy has the greatest number of warships in the world.
    — David Lammy, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The seas were crowded with warships built in the United States.
    — David Von Drehle, The Denver Post, 5 June 2019
  • British warships sank the vessel off the coast near the port city of Cartagena.
    — Becca Longmire, People.com, 11 June 2025
  • So far no country has made a firm commitment of sending warships.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The warship has seen its past missions extended.
    — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 19 May 2026
  • The trial showed how warships might soon be able to better protect themselves from drones.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 4 May 2026
  • Meanwhile, the Navy’s efforts to reopen the strait with warships is on hold.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • Sources told Reuters that warships for the Philippines may be among the first exports.
    — Chas Newkey-Burden, TheWeek, 26 Apr. 2026
  • These ships are huge and tend to have minimal defenses of their own compared to warships.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Britain is unlikely to dispatch a warship.
    — Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The destroyer is one of the Navy’s newest warships.
    — Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The lead vessel of a new class of warships has historically cost much more than planned.
    — Tony Capaccio, Fortune, 11 May 2026
  • The warship, launched in 1854, was the last sail-only ship built by the Navy.
    — Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Read the story here What’s happening with the warships?
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Essentially, the tankers could create blind spots for the warships.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
  • There were armed guards around the parking lot and an Indian Navy warship off the coast.
    — Damien Cave, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Now, with a bevvy of warships off his coastline, the resistance could be different.
    — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025

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