How to Use armed forces in a Sentence

armed forces

plural noun

• The late queen, King Charles, and his two sons all served in the armed forces.
  — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2022
• The coffin will be guarded by members of the British armed forces.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2022
• That reliance on the armed forces has raised concerns among human rights advocates.
  — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2022
• The order calls up Russian citizens who have already served in the armed forces.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 22 Sep. 2022
• The country’s thinly stretched armed forces have struggled to secure the large, remote regions.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2022
• Typically, armed forces ruin equipment left behind so their opponent can’t use it.
  — Elena Becatoros, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2022
• Millions of ballot request postcards were distributed to personnel in the armed forces deployed around the world.
  — Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
• Leon Neal / Getty ImagesMembers of the armed forces line up for breakfast.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 17 Sep. 2022
• Following the funeral, the coffin — accompanied by units of the armed forces in dress uniforms and members of her family — was brought through the capital’s streets.
  — Mike Corder, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2022
• Jin finished his stint in the armed forces this June, but many of the other members of BTS are still enlisted, so the group is on something of a hiatus at the moment.
  — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
• Beginning in the 1990s, with strong U.S. support, the armed forces moved to the front lines of the drug fight.
  — Tim Golden, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2022
• The meatball was the product of a culture similar to that of the armed forces.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• The country needs to reform the structure of its armed forces.
  — Mark A. Milley, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2024
• The decree ordered the armed forces to neutralize the groups.
  — Julia Symmes Cobb and Rosalba O'Brien, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
• All branches of the U.S. armed forces followed suit by 1948.
  — Katie Lauer, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
• There’s a reason a 14 or 15-year old does not have the right to drive, does not have the right to vote, does not have the right to serve in the armed forces.
  — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
• The review, released Thursday, will guide the future size and shape of the U.S. armed forces.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
• Klimek: When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Black men were not allowed to enlist in the armed forces.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
• Conn observes how this has fused rural people to the armed forces.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• Taiwan scrambled jets and placed its armed forces on alert in response to the PLA drills.
  — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
• Meanwhile, the commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, Col.-Gen.
  — Felipe Dana and Jim Heintz, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
• The inequities documented in the study aren’t unique to doctors or to the armed forces, Schwab and Singh said.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
• But clearly, the momentum is with the Ukrainian armed forces.
  — ABC News, 11 July 2023
• Because the Russians are trying to crush Ukraine, crush it with the weight of their armed forces, their size and their equipment.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
• Twice a year, all members of the U.S. armed forces must pass a physical fitness test.
  — Ben Kesling, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2023
• And Red Dawn became an instant classic among the U.S. armed forces.
  — TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
• Giles says Neale, in effect, served in a role U.S. armed forces would later call a combat medic.
  — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2022
• Russian troops hadn’t achieved any new gains in the Bakhmut area the past day, according to the general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces.
  — Marcus Walker, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
• Apart from a few soldiers who have joined the demonstrators, the bulk of the country’s armed forces appear to have made their choice.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024
• This isn’t the first time in history a left-wing elite has tried to drive conservatives out of the armed forces.
  — Jacob Hornstein, National Review, 26 May 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024