cannonball's

It did not travel far, it did not even look particularly powerful, but it struck Sharpe in his bandaged ribs and was like a cannonball's strike, and if he had not already decided to step back he would have been floored by the blow, but his legs were already moving as the pain seared up his ribs.

Sharpe's Escape Cornwell, Bernard 2003

Three hundred years ago mathematicians were learning to break the cannonball's rise and fall into stairsteps of range and height, Ax and Ay, allowing them to grow smaller and smaller, approaching zero as armies of eternally shrinking midgets galloped upstairs and down again, the patter of their diminishing feet growing finer, smoothing out into continuous sound.

Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978

Circus workers on Sunday prepare the big gun for the human cannonball's performances this week at the 109th Field Artillery Armory in Wilkes-Barre.

Times Leader News 2010

Circus workers on Sunday prepare the big gun for the human cannonball's performances this week at the 109th Field Artillery Armory in Wilkes-Barre.

Times Leader News 2010

The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to grant the special permit to the world's biggest retailer after a majority of more than 100 speakers said they favored bringing the Walmart to Locust Grove, within a cannonball's shot from the Wilderness Battlefield.

unknown title 2009

The Orange County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1 to grant the special permit to the world's biggest retailer after a majority of more than 100 speakers said they favored bringing the Walmart to Locust Grove, within a cannonball's shot from the Wilderness Battlefield.

FOXNews.com 2009

After disconnecting the camera from the human cannonball's helmet and moving it to the birds-eye view, the code in Listing 23 draws the new view onto the off-screen image.

unknown title 2008