How to Use army in a Sentence

army

noun
  • They sent in a whole army of trained technicians.
  • He left home and joined the army after he graduated from high school.
  • The company employs an army of lawyers to handle its legal affairs.
  • The organization was founded by a dedicated army of volunteers.
  • The army has yet to clarify the causes of those deaths.
    Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Louk’s body was one of those found by the army nearly a week ago.
    Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • Protests were met with violence; the British army was called in.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The tracksuit is available in 26 colors like brick red and army green and in sizes S–3XL.
    Monica Bell, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The army, the police, and the tax authority all have teams.
    Liam Taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Mar. 2023
  • For that to happen, ASU — as Worlock said — will need an army.
    Scott Bordow, The Arizona Republic, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Fifty percent of the Russian army has been destroyed by the Ukrainians.
    CBS News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Colors range from army cot green to washed spice orange.
    Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2024
  • That same month, the Israeli army made good on their promise to invade Rafah.
    Ahmed Abu Artema, TIME, 12 Oct. 2024
  • The army said four of the launchers discovered had rockets inside them and were ready to be fired.
    WSJ, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The conflict ended on June 10 with the army seizing control of the temple.
    Breana Scheckwitz, Fox News, 22 May 2024
  • His father at the time was an army captain and veteran of World War I.
    Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • In other words, overall, the Russian army has held its own.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
  • And one of the losses is especially painful for the Ukrainian army.
    David Axe, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Holmes plays Hailee, Carmen’s wild and iconic army brat roommate with a heart of gold.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 July 2024
  • The Lebanese army confirmed a number of a rockets were launched from the country’s south, but did not say who had fired them.
    Richard Allen Greene, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Snag it for just $27 in 16 seasonal colors like black, beige, army green, and more.
    Nicol Natale, People.com, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The King’s third and final stop of the day was to Brecon Barracks, which is nome to the regional army command for Wales.
    Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 21 July 2023
  • Adar will serve in the army, as is required of nearly all Jewish Israelis.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Manuel Saavedra, an 80-year-old army veteran, lifts his shirt to show a scar.
    Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Even though many in the West assumed Putin’s army would quickly topple Kyiv, the war in Ukraine has dragged on for nearly a year and a half.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 6 July 2023
  • Meanwhile, the Israeli army is in the midst of an offensive in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
    Dina Kraft, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
  • It couldn’t be established when the army would be deployed or in what numbers.
    Saeed Shah, wsj.com, 10 May 2023
  • Beneath the cropped jacket was another garment in the shade of army green and a gray and red piece of fabric.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 21 June 2024
  • Once the town’s economic lifeblood, its ruins are now being fought over by both armies.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune Europe, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In other places, the Russian army has used a tactic of threatening encirclement to force Ukrainian forces to withdraw, such as in Selydove.
    Constant Méheut, New York Times, 31 Oct. 2024

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