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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61. He tried the volley again, but didn't hit it straight and the shot went wide.
62. Well, that 25-yard volley makes it two-nil to the young bloods.
63. I remember that volley though both feet off the ground, it screamed in.
64. McClatchey restored St Helens' lead with a stunning volley and Pennington helped himself to a fine hat-trick.
65. A volley of bullets immediately peppered the ground directly in front of the doorway, confirming her worst fears.
66. I am assailed by the usual volley of self-accusations: What am I looking for anyway?
67. The barrels are spun round and heavy firing pins ignite each charge in turn, unleashing a volley of fire.
68. Some one who hits the ball with great accuracy on the volley and with some power too.
69. Then Wallace hit a good cross which Speed side footed the volley at very slow pace into the net.
70. And so was the silence when, in the third minute, a cracking volley put the away side in command.
71. In terms of effectiveness for points costs volley guns are very cheap, so shed no tears if you lose one.
72. To Joseph's startled ears they sounded like a simultaneous volley of a thousand rifle shots.
73. Knowing this as the Empire player means that you can position your volley guns to block obvious enemy lines of advance.
74. At the graveside, a volley of shots ... before a Hercules flew overhead to pay its last respects.
75. When it is your turn to shoot, declare whether you are firing a single shot or a volley.
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76. Blissett took the ball from Howey, then exploded a right-foot volley that Wright somehow juggled over the crossbar.
77. Great! She returned the ball on the volley.
78. She returned the ball on the volley.
79. The angry man let fly a volley of oaths.
80. A volley of automatic rifle fire could be heard.
81. I returned the ball on the volley.
82. He often ran off with somebody else's fare, followed by a volley of curses.
83. Chelsea's Joe Cole set up Crouch to cancel out Omar Pouso's first-half volley and then scored one himself in injury time to clinch victory.
84. His pilot took off amidst a volley of gunfire but, confused by the hectic events of the moment, threw the wrong switch, sending the plane into a nose dive.
85. The cannon - shot was followed , after a considerable interval, by a volley of small arms.
86. And it gives you that forehand volley up the middle to poach on my returns.
87. The Manchester -- born striker then added a second on the stroke of half - time rasping volley.
88. The angry passenger directed a volley of curses at the driver.
89. The California courts have a reputation for playing quite slow—in 2006, Martina Navratilova griped, "you hit a great volley, and the person's got five minutes to run it down and hit it by you."
90. Without breaking his stride, the tricky winger fizzed a fine ball into the box and Marsh buried a half volley into the roof of the net.
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