How to Use Salvation Army in a Sentence

Salvation Army

noun
  • Some of the book’s Salvation Army revival-hall recitations run on too long, some of the satire on ruthless capitalism is perhaps too broad, some of the ironies too thick.
    Brad Leithauser, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Prison terms also were handed out following the deaths in Philadelphia of six people when a wall collapsed over a Salvation Army thrift store in 2013.
    John Simerman, NOLA.com, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Those in need who would normally drop in to speak with a Salvation Army representative must now make an appointment.
    Sarah Gibbens, National Geographic, 8 Oct. 2020
  • The Red Cross and Salvation Army are assisting residents impacted by the explosion, the county said.
    Samantha Beech, CNN, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Ten other residents of the shelter were transported to a local Salvation Army, according to the outlet.
    Tristan Balagtas, Peoplemag, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Within two minutes of striking the young woman with his car, Schiano got into another crash less than a mile down the road, striking a store sign and items outside a Salvation Army thrift store, according to the complaint.
    Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 14 June 2023
  • The parking lot expansion project would involve creating eight oversized parking stalls on the former Salvation Army site.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The theft happened during one of Salvation Army's busiest times of year and as the Grate Patrol has been responsible for feeding warm meals to the homeless even while the temperatures continue to drop to this week below freezing.
    Heather Hunter, Washington Examiner, 13 Dec. 2023
  • The Red Cross and Salvation Army were assisting residents impacted by the explosion.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 13 Aug. 2023
  • For people in that situation, or with no shelter, a network of cooling centers including libraries, Salvation Army sites and others can be lifesavers, though many close even before the heat of the day has passed.
    Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2023
  • Inside a Salvation Army, volunteers were staffing booths with information about language lessons, finding employment, and accessing the public library.
    Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 2 July 2022
  • This latest donation of rings continues a tradition of someone anonymously dropping off jewelry in a Salvation Army kettle that was started by a widow sometime in 2014, according to the organization.
    David Chiu, Peoplemag, 18 Dec. 2023
  • People can locate their nearest Salvation Army center through the organization’s online location finder.
    Ashley Vaughan, CNN, 22 Dec. 2022

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