How to Use bombard in a Sentence

bombard

verb
  • The navy bombarded the shore.
  • The car was bombarded by rocks as it drove away from the angry crowd.
  • Scientists bombarded the sample with X-rays.
  • Millions of flies, as though a squadron of them had been assigned to bombard us.
    — Michael Robinson Chavez, Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2022
  • There, she was bombarded with hugs and high fives from the young students.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • They are bombarded with tough guy images in the media.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Ukraine has been bombarded with record numbers of missiles and drones.
    — Carlie Procell, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Mastodon doesn't bombard you with waves of posts and there's no advertisements.
    — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Goetz’s victims were, in turn, villainized and bombarded with hate mail.
    — Heather Ann Thompson, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Parents are bombarded by the message that any failure on their part may mess their kids up for life.
    — Alison Escalante, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • He was bombarded with messages after the album came out, but has not yet heard the song.
    — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Give me imaginative ads, sure, but also, don’t bombard me with the same ads.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Feb. 2023
  • We are bombarded with too much clear evidence to the contrary.
    — Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2023
  • More often, you will be bombarded with an array of options.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 11 May 2026
  • They got lambasted or bombarded or thrown under a bus.
    — David Manheim, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2026
  • Getting bombarded by fans at the airport.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Rojas woke up the next morning bombarded with emails inquiring about his foam cheese grater hat.
    — Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Anyone who seeks out career advice (in any field) is destined to get bombarded with metaphors.
    — Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 8 May 2026
  • After the win, Hamlin was bombarded with hugs from his mom, his fiancée, and his kids.
    — Ryan Brennan march 17, Miami Herald, 17 Mar. 2026
  • After the win, Hamlin was bombarded with hugs from his mom, his fiancée and his kids.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Mar. 2026
  • But Yu was soon bombarded by insults and curses, mainly from males.
    — Cheng Cheng, NBC News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • For more than two weeks, Iran has bombarded Gulf countries with missiles and drones.
    — Mohammed Sergie, semafor.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Tulip bulbs don’t thrive well in shade and excessive moisture, but shouldn’t be bombarded with rays either.
    — Michelle Mastro, Architectural Digest, 24 Mar. 2026
  • No one bothered Close, but he was bombarded by photo requests.
    — Emily Yahr, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Why not just bombard the Olympics commercial breaks with Wicked trailers?
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
  • We’ve been bombarded with early Black Friday sales for weeks.
    — Terri Daxon, Oc Register, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Like Earth, Mars continues to be bombarded by space rocks.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Russian forces had been pushed out of the city in November but continued to bombard it.
    — Johanna Chisholm, WIRED, 8 July 2023
  • Teammates bombarded the two that scored with big celebrations each time.
    — Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 4 June 2026
  • Take on some of the tough questions I get bombarded with on college campuses.
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025

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