How to Use behind enemy lines in a Sentence

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• Matisse, whose mother was ill behind enemy lines, had tried three times to enlist.
  — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
• Sometimes, the job is a little like being sent behind enemy lines to make sure that the other army plays fair.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 24 May 2023
• Sometimes, the job is a little like being sent behind enemy lines to make sure that the other army plays fair.
  — Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 24 May 2023
• But when he is forced to eject from his doomed plane, Egan finds himself with a new mission to survive behind enemy lines.
  — Hunter Ingram, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
• The Donbas Arena is now a forlorn husk of what it once was, damaged by war and lost behind enemy lines.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 17 June 2024
• If fire camp is the base from which general troops are sent to the front, then spike is the tactical outpost behind enemy lines.
  — Jeff Winkler, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2020
• If the Russians sent in reserves from across the border, large numbers of Ukrainian troops could get cut off behind enemy lines.
  — Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2022
• The film tells the story of the daring rescue of over 5,000 animals that were trapped in a wildlife park behind enemy lines during the early days of the Russian-Ukrainian War.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 18 July 2023
• The teaser trailer soon has the secret mission fail, with Joe and Cruz behind enemy lines and coming under fire.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
• The teaser trailer soon has the secret mission fail, with Joe and Cruz behind enemy lines and coming under fire.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
• They got towed into position by other planes and were then released to fly behind enemy lines with two tons of troops and equipment.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2023
• In this film, both men are deployed to the Mediterranean, but when one gets captured behind enemy lines, the other must choose between his own life and saving his comrade.
  — Emily Maskell, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2022
• This makes sense for a unit operating behind enemy lines as the lack of firing signature (no blast, flash or smoke) means that the source of a Lancet cannot be traced, and they can be launched from miles away.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Then Maverick and Rooster, shot down behind enemy lines, find the sheltered planes.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 28 May 2022
• Ukraine has spent the war developing lethal drones that have terrorized troops on the battlefield and struck far behind enemy lines.
  — Michael Schwirtz, New York Times, 4 May 2023
• While most of the men (as many as 150 in one afternoon) have perished, others are stuck behind enemy lines, having bailed out of their crashing planes by parachute.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Jan. 2024
• After the Russian invasion, thousands of animals were trapped behind enemy lines at the zoo in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
  — Zoe Guy, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2024
• The timing of the Incheon landing placed American Marines behind enemy lines.
  — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 27 July 2023
• Kane was all smiles during the warmup on Tuesday night, clearly relishing once again being behind enemy lines.
  — Matias Grez, CNN, 10 Apr. 2024
• The pictures, released Thursday, added to a growing belief that the blasts may be the result of Ukrainian attacks, suggesting an ability to strike deep behind enemy lines that could help shift the course of the war.
  — Caroline Radnofsky, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2022
• Sherman is slated to share his story from the call to duty and preparation for the mission to landing in Uganda and finishing the mission behind enemy lines.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2022
• One example is the Black Tulip or Cargo 200 groups, who retrieved dead bodies from behind enemy lines while the Ukrainian government was unable to do so.
  — Greta Uehling, The Conversation, 22 Aug. 2022
• These grenades were designed to destroy enemy tanks and soldiers deep behind enemy lines on land where allied soldiers were never meant to tread.
  — John Ismay, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2023
• How in the name of Buddy Ryan could any Eagles fan possibly have a reason for feeling irked over buying a ticket behind enemy lines and catching an Eagles game in prime time!?
  — Dan Gelston, ajc, 2 Nov. 2022
• Jedi trapped behind enemy lines, including Avar Kriss, must fight to help the worlds being pillaged by the Nihil while staying one step ahead of the marauders and their Nameless terrors.
  — EW.com, 2 Nov. 2023
• Though Bakhmut was captured last month in a symbolic victory for the Kremlin, Kyiv will hope that its resistance there and weeks of intense strikes behind enemy lines will have worn down Russian forces.
  — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 8 June 2023
• Though Bakhmut was captured last month in a symbolic victory for the Kremlin, Kyiv will hope that its resistance there and weeks of intense strikes behind enemy lines will have worn down Russian forces.
  — Raf Sanchez, NBC News, 8 June 2023
• Away from the thunder of the artillery at the front, Ukrainian saboteurs and resistance fighters continue to work behind enemy lines to undermine the Russian war effort.
  — Marc Santora, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2023
• Special forces operating behind enemy lines could use special railroad mines to blow up tracks and trains, stalling the invasion effort.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 2 Aug. 2022
• Those blasts are believed to be the work of resistance fighters, also known as partisans, or Ukrainian special forces working behind enemy lines.
  — Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 18 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024