petard

How To Use petard In A Sentence

• Watching ignorant lefties (didn’t read the law) and/or evil lefties (supporters of illegal entry) hoist with their own petard is very satisfying theater indeed. San Diego to Arizona: “Look, just because we called you racist bigots…” | RedState
• A petard was a small medieval bomb used to blow up gates and walls when breaching fortifications. Pundits And Writers Start Hitting McCain For Non-Stop P.O.W. References
• According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word petard came into substantive use in 1598, so it†™ s fair to speculate that viewers of Hamlet (first performed c. 1600-01) may have been aware of the word†™ s etymological root in the French pétard, from the verb péter, to fart. Think Progress » Report: Fitzgerald Focusing On Direct Cheney Involvement
• I have been hoist with my own petard, I thought dismally, as we sat awkwardly in her consulting room. RESCUING ROSE
• The experiment in democracy is failing, hoisted on the petard of political correctness and crass vote hustling. Crist, will Greene Sink Meek? | RedState
• His gunner was a robustious Vulcan, and the gun or petard itself was a huge overgrown smith's hammer. Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries
• The students were hoist by their own petards, however, as Granada decided to transmit the programme anyway.
• It was indeed a clever plan to entrap his opponent, but in the end he was hoist by his own petard.
• Her idea had been that some Middle had been playing pranks and was hoist with her own petard. ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL
• For the Tea Party: a boatload of petards upon which they can hoist themselves. Will Durst: Will Dur$t'$ 2011 Xma$ Gift Wi$h Li$st