I know, I know, but the word zeppelin has more umpf to it than does blimp. From Wordnik.com. [A zeppelin above my house] Reference
Perhaps a Prius doesn’t sound so bad, when a zeppelin is the alternative. From Wordnik.com. [Re-Engineering the Earth] Reference
And now the zeppelin is making its way up the mountain to the dwarven hold of Steelhome. From Wordnik.com. [D&D] Reference
It also killed the trans-Atlantic zeppelin business. From Wordnik.com. [May 6, 1937: A Ball of Fire und Alles Ist Kaput] Reference
This time the zeppelin was coming for him, not the base. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Demonkeeping]
“I rated the zeppelin much lower”: Churchill, I, 313. 363. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
On the second day of the war, a zeppelin actually attacked a city. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
The Belgians refused and on August 6, the zeppelin L-Z arrived overhead. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
London lay within range of the zeppelin sheds at Cologne and Düsseldorf. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
Soon afterward, on January 19, the zeppelin bombardment of England began. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
They mount a concrete ramp and enter a barn big enough to house a zeppelin. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
ROBERTS: I think they were doing a lot of the sound for led zeppelin back then. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 30, 2007] Reference
There were zeppelin sheds at the German naval airship bases at Cuxhaven and Hamburg. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
On October 8, a British naval airplane destroyed a zeppelin in its shed at Düsseldorf. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
Of the seven seaplanes that had taken off, only one reached the Nordholz zeppelin base. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
The zeppelin nightmare had first horrified England in 1910, and every year magnified it. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
Away, twenty miles to the south, in the sky could be seen the snaky outline of a zeppelin. From Wordnik.com. ["The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders] Reference
Up and back, this object loomed, half filling the enormous room like a zeppelin in a hangar. From Wordnik.com. [The Raid on the Termites] Reference
About this same time, a zeppelin, L-11, appeared over the fleet and hovered four miles away. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
Chains fell down around her on all sides, giving the elephant the look of a grounded zeppelin. From Wordnik.com. [Topsy the Elephant] Reference
“I rated the zeppelin much lower as a weapon of war than anyone else,” Churchill said later. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
Before the planes obliged by sinking, the zeppelin was overhead and Naismith was forced to crash-dive. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
HOLMES: And that California company is planning to offer tours of the San Francisco Bay in the zeppelin. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 26, 2008] Reference
A fourth pilot discovered that there was no zeppelin shed at Hoyer and bombed what he said was a factory. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
Chipotle has plenty of fans, especially among teenagers who can wolf down its zeppelin-sized burritos in seconds. From Wordnik.com. [Father and son Kensington pizza joint braces for the arrival of the big burrito] Reference
The weapon had no military value; its purpose, like that of the zeppelin raids on Britain, was to inspire terror. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
In fact, the zeppelin had arrived too late to witness the departure of Lion, wounded and far behind, but still afloat. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
And I know you're getting a big sound like John Bonham did for Led zeppelin for when they were recording at Headley Grange. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 1, 2009] Reference
“As we turned out of action, we observed a zeppelin approaching about eighteen or twenty miles away,” said Filson Young. From Wordnik.com. [Castles of Steel]
GM executives think even the word "hydrogen" has perhaps been stigmatized by images of the Hindenburg zeppelin burning in 1937. From Wordnik.com. [Consumers sign-up to drive fuel-cell cars for free] Reference
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