How to Use battalion in a Sentence

battalion

noun

• Pavliuk, who was a battalion commander eight years ago when war broke out, takes the long view.
  — Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2022
• As the sun begins to crest, the sliver of light offers a glimpse of a battalion of bats coming in for landing.
  — Melissa Locker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Nov. 2024
• Now imagine a village defense squad standing up to a Russian army battalion with 50 T-72 tanks.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• The last vestiges of Hamas’ battalions are in the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
• The stormers in their fifties were no longer with the battalion.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
• The restoration of an aide to assist each battalion chief at the scene of a fire.
  — Monica Eng, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024
• In a statement, Moran and Rosen praised the signing of the bill and the battalion's war efforts.
  — Eric Levenson, Neelam Bohra and Radhika Marya, CNN, 20 Mar. 2022
• They were then both flown to the hospital, the battalion chief said.
  — CBS News, 3 Jan. 2023
• LaCroix, the battalion chief, said crews have been trucking water to the scene, which is about a mile into the woods.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Aug. 2022
• And all of us knew this battalion had not been scheduled to land until late that day.
  — The Oregonian, oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2023
• The new battalion was formed as a product of the military reforms in May 2022.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 17 June 2023
• The frigate battalion fought around Kharkiv in northern Ukraine before shifting to the Pokrovsk axis in the east.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2024
• The Wine Estate just outside Cape Town, a battalion of some 1,600 marching ducks is used to keep the vineyard free of pests.
  — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 23 July 2022
• The next day, Zinkevych resolved to create her own battalion.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 2 May 2022
• The convoy reached Larry, Moe and the tank battalions in the palace area, ensuring that Perkins and his force could remain in place.
  — William Branigin, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
• Forty-nine former Australian tanks would be enough to bring the brigade’s current tank battalion back up to full strength.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
• Whistler joined the Welsh Guard in 1939, rejecting the chance to serve as a war artist in favor of commanding a tank battalion.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 17 Mar. 2022
• Some are wounded and the battalion doctor is treating the injured.
  — Dan Senor, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2023
• Each battalion in the New Zealand Army has its own haka, with its own words that the soldiers hiss and bellow.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
• Washington then read the script and signed on to play the role of Captain Charity Adams, the commander of the 6888 battalion.
  — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
• The first set of 10 tanks will be followed by another 21—enough to arm a Ukrainian tank battalion.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 Sep. 2023
• The men worked in a labor battalion, clearing airfields and moving tons of earth.
  — Matthew F. Delmont, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Aug. 2022
• In April 1945, Hodges and his battalion stormed the beaches of Okinawa and was involved in heavy fighting.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• The 44th Brigade so far has received perhaps a battalion of Leopard 1A5s.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• First, in 2003, American battalions were in charge of dozens of Iraqi cities, Shiite and Sunni.
  — David Harsanyi, National Review, 16 Mar. 2023
• The pilot was the only person aboard, according to the battalion chief.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Nov. 2022
• At the annual parade in central London on June 2, the 1st battalion of the Irish Guards will troop their color.
  — PEOPLE.com, 17 May 2022
• The tank operators were part of Germany’s 393rd tank battalion, based in the eastern state Thuringia.
  — James Angelos, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023
• The premise centered on five young pilots in a battalion named the Robot Lions, which are vehicles that join together to form a mega-robot known as Voltron.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2024
• Part of a guarantor force—such as air defense and combat air patrols or a spearhead battalion to serve in a training role—could even be deployed while the war is still underway.
  — Elie Tenenbaum, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Dec 2024