Synonym: burst, fusillade, salvo. Similar words: volleyball, alley, valley, pulley, alleyway, ruhr valley, blind alley, rift valley. Meaning: ['vɑlɪ /'vɒl-] n. 1. rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms 2. a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces. v. 1. be dispersed in a volley 2. hit before it touches the ground 3. discharge in, or as if in, a volley 4. make a volley 5. utter rapidly.
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31. Dimly making out figures, he leant forward on his mount, and a volley of fire tore him to the ground.
32. That could prove difficult for Chelsea, a fun-loving girl who likes ballet dancing, volley ball and playing poker.
33. Like Chrissie Evert executing an effortless backhand crosscourt volley at Wimbledon, Perdita shot forward and whacked the ball home.
34. On Monday he was using all his tennis skills to volley a series of determined media attacks.
35. Barnes was desperately unlucky after a magnificent one-two with McManaman to see his volley come back off the foot of the post.
36. The volley of arrows was thin and broken, its unevenness jangling in his nerves even before his senses recorded it.
37. The soldiers fired a volley into the air as a warning to the crowd.
38. I heard volley after volley of pepper gas cannisters go off outside the hotel.
39. Supper was a rattle and volley of opinions, reminders, acknowledgments, and discoveries of shared tastes.
40. The Helblaster volley gun is a special case, and every Imperial army should have at least one of these weapons.
41. As they are about to close in upon us they are met by a volley.
42. Drums with single blows merging into a volley, resembling a creaking branch.
43. Graeme Sharp scored their first, sneaking round the back to meet Nick Henry's diagonal ball with a thumping right-foot volley.
44. Just then the first volley of rockets explodes into three enormous green-and-red carnations.
45. Believe me, all those cannon(Sentencedict.com ), mortars and volley guns should strike fear into the heart of the enemy.
46. They grabbed rifles and fired volley after volley into the air to show their erstwhile companions that it could be done.
47. Perhaps, years later, children would finally get the chance to engage in a tennis volley.
48. A full volley will rip through the toughest regiment causing immense casualties in the blink of an eye.
49. Due to the youthful inaccuracy of the firing squad, few if any were killed at the first volley.
50. Everton bounced back when Barlow smashed a stunning volley from the edge of the penalty box.
51. Jason Brummell clipped a free-kick over the defence and Gary Traviss hit a superb volley just inside the far post.
52. Harris foiled him with a cross-court volley into the nick and Martin lost his lead by misdirecting an audacious winner.
53. The volley gun is burst apart and its crew blasted to pieces.
54. Where couldn't he volley because of his own weaknesses or patterns.
55. A volley gun can not move and shoot in the same turn except to turn to face its target.
56. It held up in the water[sentencedict.com], throwing the Luton defence off balance and enabling Black to drive home a left-footed volley.
57. Before it was lowered into the ground, a volley of shots was fired over the General's coffin.
58. Volley guns need never fire a shot to have a decisive effect on the game.
59. The barrels are spun round and heavy firing pins ignite each charge in turn, unleashing a volley of shots.
60. Fighting the Empire you have to look out for the Helblaster volley gun.
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