"rifle" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- Members of Stahlhelm acted as his pall bearers and fired a rifle volley over his grave.
- The brigade was caught between artillery on its flank and rifle volleys to its front and fell back in disarray.
- He wrote "Taps" to replace the customary firing of three rifle volleys at the end of burials during battle.
- Seven sailors fired three rifle volleys.
- The crackle of the rifle volley cut the suddenly still air.
- Reflecting this change, the ceremonies have become more elaborate, incorporating hymns, readings, pipers and rifle volleys.
- From the courtyard, the sound of a rifle volley, a terrifying wail, one single emphatic shot, and nothing after.
- The crackles, coming like a rifle volley, were the bursting of steel supports.
- Spanish infantry returned fire, nailing the advancing American units to the ground with rifle volleys.
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