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How to use catapult in a sentence

20 example sentences · noun, verb

Catapult means a device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects. Example: “The candidate selection for running mate has catapulted her to the national scene.”

Examples of catapult by meaning

verbTo increase the status of something rapidly.

  • The candidate selection for running mate has catapulted her to the national scene.
  • I was catapulted without preparation into the most difficult job any mortal man can hold.1971, Lyndon Johnson, “The Beginning”, in The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 12

verbTo have one's status increased rapidly.

  • She catapulted to the national scene following her selection by the candidate.

More sentences with catapult

  • The band’s sophomore album built upon the success of their debut release, catapulting them to megastardom.From the entry sophomore
  • Guns were considered improvements of crossbows and catapults.From the entry gun
  • His inheritance catapulted him into a life of ease.From the entry ease
  • The catapult made a good launcher for the small projectile.From the entry launcher
  • Accessories for the catapulting system include a tension bar and a catapult holdback bar.2008, A-7 Corsair Pilot's Flight Operating Manual, pages 1-92. From the entry holdback
  • But her latest act has catapulted her into art’s tastemaking elite.2007 June 10, Julia Chaplin, “Follow That Motoscafo”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 29 Nov 2013. From the entry tastemaking
  • The cavalry were on the wings and the siege-engines, mangonels and catapults, planted on sand-dunes.1934, Robert Graves, chapter XXXII, in I, Claudius: […], New York, N.Y.: The Modern Library, →OCLC, page 401. From the entry mangonel
  • You could also keep a tennis ball and a frog, or a catapult and a frog, but not all three together.2017, David Cooper, Christiaan Barnard: The Surgeon Who Dared. From the entry catty
  • “No offense to your former status, but being seen with Supergeek won't exactly catapult me into the normalhood I seek.”2010, Maureen Hardegree, Haint Misbehavin', page 162. From the entry normalhood
  • Tomasson helped catapult through commissions early in their dancemaking careers.2008 April 20, Rachel Howard, “Step Right Up! 10 Premieres in 3 Days”, in New York Times. From the entry dancemaking
  • Now, she’s back, back, back and ready to be catapulted to superstardom to serve “looks, sass and a dulled down Australian accent”.2024 September 12, Sam Damshenas, “‘A new direction for the franchise’: Drag Race UK stars on “mind-blowing” season 6”, in Gay Times. From the entry serve
  • “Female may accept the sperms of male that can catapult but deplete the sperms of male that can be easily caught by her,” he said.2022 April 26, Megan Marples, “Tiny spider catapults to safety after mating to avoid sexual cannibalism”, in CNN. From the entry sperm
  • The aircraft is spotted on the catapult, and the console operator turns the crank to FIRST READY, causing the exhaust valve to close.1959, Aviation Boatswain's Mate 3 & 2: Navy Training Courses, United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel, page 315. From the entry spot
  • Albert didn't notice the switch, the subliminal flash and hiccup in time as the man he had been talking to only seconds before was catapulted backwards half an hour.2010, Oli Smith, Nuclear Time, page 197. From the entry hiccup
  • The remark stung Cattaraugus to the quick, and he called Catiline a catapult; this infuriated Catiline beyond endurance, and he threw down the gauntlet and called Cattaraugus a catso.1992 [1880], Mark Twain, “A Cat-Tale”, in Louis Budd, editor, Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, and Essays. From the entry catso
  • Clicko’s husband had not actually been spoken, and we had not been catapulted into this little hellbrew, but were still on safe ground, chatting of this and that.1983, Peter De Vries, Slouching Towards Kalamazoo, Boston, Mass.; Toronto, Ont.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 97. From the entry hellbrew
  • A double systole catapulted him into full consciousness again, and he promised his uncorrected self that he would limit his daily ration of cigarettes to a couple of heartbeats.1972, Vladimir Nabokov, Transparent Things, McGraw-Hill, published 1972, pages 78–9. From the entry systole

Meaning of catapult

  1. noun A device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.
  2. noun A mechanical aid on aircraft carriers designed to help airplanes take off from the flight deck.
  3. noun A slingshot.

Full definition of catapult

Questions about catapult in a sentence

How do you use catapult in a sentence?
Catapult is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The candidate selection for running mate has catapulted her to the national scene.”
What is a short sentence with catapult?
“Guns were considered improvements of crossbows and catapults.”
What does catapult mean?
Catapult means a device or weapon for throwing or launching large objects.

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