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Definition of Storming
1. storm [v] - See also: storm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Storming
Literary usage of Storming
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin, and an Account of Its Progress Down by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"But between the two bodies of troops thus engaged on The storming ... 4 sumptuously
bent upon storming the work, where wras the 4 great column of attack, ..."
2. Ballads of Old New York by Arthur Guiterman (1920)
"THE storming OF STONY POINT TIKE many another good soldier, before and *~* since,
Gen. Anthony Wayne strongly objected to a nickname imputing to him the ..."
3. Ballads of Old New York by Arthur Guiterman (1920)
"His most brilliant exploit, the storming of Stony Point, was carefully planned
and perfectly executed; and Wayne's calm courage is shown by the fact that he ..."
4. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France: From the by William Francis Patrick Napier (1842)
"storming OF CIUDAD RODRIGO AND BADAJOZ. ... and to Major Napier,* commanding the
storming-party of the light division, the spot where the small breach was. ..."
5. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1881)
"15£ storming oj Cowling Castle. [Ca xxxi Wyatt sent a message to the ... Open>
an(l the rebels were storming in when his servants forced him to surrender. ..."
6. The English in Ireland in the Eighteenth Century by James Anthony Froude (1873)
"Twice after forcing their way into the town the storming parties were beaten ...
A printed official list of officers and soldiers slain at the storming of ..."
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