Sample Sentences for
volley
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volley as in:  a volley of...

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    A sudden volley of arrows rained down from the cliff above.
    volley = barrage or concentrated outpouring
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    I tensed myself for the volley of blows that I knew was coming, but nothing happened.  (source)
    volley = a rapid series
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    Another volley of Earthborn rocks hit the Argo II.  (source)
    volley = a rapid or simultaneous discharge of bullets or other projectiles
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    Then rifle fire split the air. Around us women began to weep. A second volley. A third. For two hours the executions went on.  (source)
    volley = a simultaneous discharge of bullets
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    The Squirrels bombarded him with volleys of nuts but he only covered his head with his hands and tried to keep out of the way.  (source)
    volleys = a rapid or simultaneous discharge of projectiles
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    Now the fire was nearer; those volleying shots were great limbs, trunks even, bursting.  (source)
    volleying = rapidly following one another
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    At that moment there was a volley of gunfire.  (source)
    volley = a rapid or simultaneous discharge of bullets or other projectiles
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    …warm rains, when all the hills and valleys smoked; the beautiful misty mornings when nobody knew where they would ...and the mad rush and blaze and hullabaloo of the last night's drive, when the elephants poured into the stockade like boulders in a landslide, found that they could not get out, and flung themselves at the heavy posts only to be driven back by yells and flaring torches and volleys of blank cartridge.  (source)
    volleys = rapid or simultaneous firing
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    And here, since he had so valiantly forborne all other wickedness, poor Mr. Dimmesdale longed at least to shake hands with the tarry black-guard, and recreate himself with a few improper jests, such as dissolute sailors so abound with, and a volley of good, round, solid, satisfactory, and heaven-defying oaths!  (source)
    volley = a rapid series
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    The honor guard fired three volleys.†  (source)
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    The wind rushes through the trees and releases a new volley of rain. have a feeling that we have something in common, you and me.  (source)
    volley = a rapid or simultaneous discharge of projectiles
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    Brogard and his wife, terrified of Chauvelin, had given no sign of life; they hoped to be forgotten, and at any rate to remain unperceived: Marguerite could not even hear their usual volleys of muttered oaths.†  (source)
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    When they got to the top, a massive volley of fire tore up the ground around them.  (source)
    volley = a rapid discharge of bullets
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volley in sports

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    They were especially excited to win such a long volley.
    volley = continuous in-the-air play
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    And then, because, let's face it, I'm basically an Olympic god when it comes to sports, I manage to volley the ball right into your face.  (source)
    volley = return
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    Their remarks and responses were like a Ping-Pong game with each volley clearing the net and flying back to the opposition.  (source)
    volley = return of the ball
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    Perhaps the most surprising thing I discovered was that through the stories we volleyed back and forth in letters and over the metal divider of the prison's visiting room, Wes and I had indeed, as Wideman wrote, "collapsed the distance" between our worlds.†  (source)
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    As practices progressed, Luma would add a new twist at the end of the routine—a drill in which she fed balls to shooters, who were expected to volley the ball before it touched the ground, for example, or a new passing combination.  (source)
    volley = return
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    He and Newt started launching grenades like crazy, volleying them all along the open area in front of their waiting Berg.†  (source)
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    With a pair of loud cracks he volleyed two more bullets over our heads, just to drive his point home.†  (source)
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    Then, after tossing the ball in the air and serving hard, he raced toward the side of the court to keep the volley going.  (source)
    volley = continuous in-the-air play
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    It was dark here in front; only the bright door sent ten square feet of light volleying out into the soft black morning.†  (source)
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    Without warning red and white beeves were volleyed across the sidewalk on hooks, out of a van.†  (source)
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    They had the serve—always a disadvantage in beach volleyball, since points were scored with every volley and the team returning the serve had the chance to set and spike the ball—but Scott sent a knuckleball serve over the net that forced Tyson out of position.  (source)
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    Nick sat reading a magazine with the hollow knocks volleying back from the far wall, across eight lanes.†  (source)
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    Regis watched the spectacle as the opposing sides volleyed back and forth, but the halfling's own credibility had been destroyed, and he had no impact on the rest of the meeting.†  (source)
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