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Example sentences for "pyrotechnic"

Lexicographically close words:
pyrolignite; pyrometer; pyrophorus; pyrophosphate; pyrophosphoric; pyrotechnical; pyrotechnics; pyrotechnist; pyrotechny; pyroxene
  1. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red.

  2. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display.

  3. Then the music began, with a pyrotechnic display thrown in.

  4. And then we saw the most wonderful pyrotechnic display in all the world.

  5. Pyrotechnic fires burned here and there, and threading as it were the falling stars, the strains of band after band of music blended their enchantment with the beauty of the scene.

  6. This meant a fresh start in the business, but nevertheless pyrotechnic devices were developed to meet all of our needs.

  7. The following table indicates the size of the pyrotechnic undertaking and also what was accomplished.

  8. In fact the actual production of pyrotechnic supplies in this country was small, the American Expeditionary Forces depending almost exclusively for these supplies upon French and British sources.

  9. If Grand Fleet won, they would probably live; if Grand Fleet lost they would certainly die--if not in the pyrotechnic dissolution of their ships, then in a matter of days upon the ground.

  10. The pyrotechnic tail, composed as it is of portions of the comet's actual substance, is tribute paid the sun, and can never be recovered.

  11. That's the secret of success in the money end of the Pyrotechnic business.

  12. In order to beat King Pang at his trade and become an American Pyrotechnic King?

  13. He had been collecting material for his works throughout his college course--historical events, especially the burning and storming of cities and such of the battles and conflicts as lent themselves readily to pyrotechnic delineation.

  14. The siege of Yorktown ended with the going down of Lord Cornwallis and his 8,000 soldiers into the pyrotechnic gulf especially prepared for them.

  15. Her eyes burned, her head ached and she was thinking of going to her room, when suddenly the sky cleared and she heard the voice of Bombs announcing the closing piece--"his new contribution to Pyrotechnic art.

  16. He went there to meet Mr. Pang, the celebrated Pyrotechnic King.

  17. He thought the people of the town would like it--this new and higher development of pyrotechnic art; but that it did not matter much whether they liked it or not.

  18. But we will if the idiots that would shut down our Pyrotechnic manufactories are not shut up.

  19. We heard there was quite a serious accident at your place where you had an elaborate pyrotechnic display.

  20. Indian fire, a pyrotechnic composition of sulphur, niter, and realgar, burning with a brilliant white light.

  21. Pretty soon Autie returned and threw some waste paper on the fire, and the next thing we all started violently back from a wild pyrotechnic display.

  22. My husband, accustomed to the pyrotechnic display of the elements, slept soundly through the early part of the storm.

  23. Slodgers had evidently played the sneak as usual, although keeping up the semblance all the while of being one of the prime movers in the pyrotechnic display suggested by Batson.

  24. As those terrific forces struck her, the terrestrial cruiser became a vast pyrotechnic set piece, a dazzling fountain of coruscant brilliance: for the mirror held.

  25. You will see that it is a main object in balloon pyrotechny to make a balloon carry the greatest amount of pyrotechnic effects using the minimum of weight.

  26. One of the most brilliant pyrotechnic devices is the ignition of a tuft of magnesium fillet; but it is somewhat expensive, and, if carried out, will make a hole in your pocket-money.

  27. Before concluding let me just hint at a very effective possibility in the way of pyrotechnic device, equally applicable to both fire and gas balloons, but which I have never known carried into practice.

  28. The circumstance of its being a calm evening--with the prospect of a pyrotechnic display later--permitted us to remain on the Fair Grounds longer than we usually did; hence we determined to visit still another structure.

  29. From here we admired the exceedingly fine pyrotechnic displays.

  30. The party now examined the remaining specimens of the pyrotechnic art.

  31. I dare say it is filled with various compositions, such as golden rain, and fires of different colours, which will greatly heighten the effect: indeed this pyrotechnic amusement may be infinitely varied.

  32. Mr. Seymour accompanied his children to the stage, erected for the pyrotechnic exhibition, in order that he might explain the construction of the fire-works before they witnessed them in action.

  33. On every side you heard expressions of astonishment and delight, just as you hear them under similar pyrotechnic circumstances in New York or elsewhere.

  34. Pyrotechnic is as old as history itself; we have an excellent description of a rocket in a document at least as ancient as the ninth century.

  35. This fact had probably much influence in retarding the pyrotechnic art, as accurate means of testing the purity and chemical character of the salt were not distinctly understood.

  36. Schwartz, the monk of Cologne, probably had a real existence, probably had something to do with the progress of pyrotechnic art; it is even more probable that he invented gunpowder than that the public invented him.

  37. Give me the statistics of pyrotechnic powder burnt by a people, and I shall tell you the standard measure of their souls and bodies.

  38. The committee entrusted the work to Talleyrand, and he gave them a pyrotechnic display which brought on again that "species of intoxication" which was growing familiar to chroniclers.


  39. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pyrotechnic" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    fireworks; pyrotechnics; thermodynamics