Examples of cordite

• A dense black smoke was seen in the starboard battery, whether from coal or torpedo cordite I could not say. 

• One could hear, between the thunder of the big bombs, the dull report of exploding cordite. 

• Some cordite cartridges were lying outside of it and these went off with a great flare. 

• The Turkish snipers were still busy, and the sharp crack of cordite echoed from scores of different hiding-places along the hills. 

• There is a loud report, the click of a bolt, and the pungent smell of burnt cordite. 

• I maintain that you cannot compare the wages of a man who works in those cordite works with the wages of the ordinary agricultural labourer.

• The working cost has been £14,846,697, and the value of the cordite produced £16,690,246.

• The cordite stored in them is reported to be in a serviceable condition.