"Soon he will be in a position to launch new ships."

How well did someone need to know a face that could launch a thousand ships?

Hell, she had the face that could launch a thousand ships, right?

The station launches several defense ships in response, but none can stop it.

I don't see how they can expect to launch enough ships to get their people off the Earth.

It was a face which, as in an old Earth legend, could have launched a thousand ships.

It was a smile that could easily have launched a thousand ships.

Is this the reference group that launched a thousand ships?

Was there ever a woman like Helen, whose face, however beautiful, could have launched a thousand ships?

You don't know it, of course, but that other Helen launched a thousand ships.