Examples of 'she was torpedoed' in a sentence

Meaning of "she was torpedoed"

she was torpedoed: metaphorical expression indicating that she was severely criticized, attacked, or betrayed in a sudden and unexpected manner

How to use "she was torpedoed" in a sentence

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she was torpedoed
She was torpedoed.
He was then just getting on board the Hogue and she was torpedoed.
She was torpedoed by a German submarine.
Her crew was evacuated by escorts and she was torpedoed by the destroyer USS Phelps.
She was torpedoed by the latter, and left for lost.
After the crew abandoned ship after an inspection, she was torpedoed and sunk.
While en route, she was torpedoed by a British submarine and seriously damaged.
The Tietgen sank for real five years later when she was torpedoed by a German U-boat.
A week later, she was torpedoed by the Turkish torpedo boat Demir Hisar.
The cruiser sank less than 30 minutes after she was torpedoed.
She was torpedoed in mid-1915 by a German submarine and repairs took almost a year.
While en route, she was torpedoed.
She was torpedoed south east of Cabo de Gata, killing 18.
Four months later she was torpedoed and sunk by U-99.
She was torpedoed by U-86 on 1 July and sank the next afternoon.

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In May 1915 he was on the RMS Lusitania when she was torpedoed.
Seven days later she was torpedoed off the Irish coast with the loss of 1,198 lives.
On 25 August, she was torpedoed by the submarine USS Batfish.

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