How to Use missing in action in a Sentence

missing in action

adjective

• The top of the chair bore the logo for prisoners of war and soldiers who were missing in action.
  — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2023
• The offense has missing in action, producing one or fewer runs in four of the past eight games.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 10 June 2023
• Efforts to recover Reynolds's remains failed, and the crew was labeled missing in action at the time.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2023
• Bill Triplett made calls, learned about the attack over Kassel and was told his brother was listed as missing in action.
  — Thallman, oregonlive, 1 Apr. 2023
• But that player had been missing in action until Wednesday night.
  — C.j. Holmes, New York Daily News, 18 Jan. 2024
• Except this time, Prince Charming (Cameron Loyal) is missing in action.
  — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2023
• One game after managing just one hit in a 3-1 setback to Washington State, the Beavers’ offense was yet again missing in action.
  — Joe Freeman, oregonlive, 14 Mar. 2023
• On the back of those are granite plaques listing the names of service members from the township who were killed or missing in action, Gold Star families, and those who received the Purple Heart.
  — Sue Kiesewetter, The Enquirer, 2 June 2023
• Miller’s amendment would ban any flags or pennants other than the U.S. flag, the flag of a U.S. state or territory, or the flag for prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2023
• The event is open to Veterans of the Vietnam War, including personnel held as prisoners of war, or listed as missing in action, and their families.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
• With the federal government missing in action, the task of enforcing network neutrality has fallen to the states.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• For at least three days last week, maybe five, the second link in the U.S. military chain of command, the man the president would call to order military action in a crisis, was missing in action with no explanation.
  — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
• He was reported as missing in action and eventually declared dead, according to local news reports at the time.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2023
• The event honors veterans of the Vietnam War, including personnel held as prisoners of war, or listed as missing in action, and their families.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2024
• But on Sunday, the choppers returned, making their annual circle of the Mall to raise awareness about American soldiers missing in action and a mental health crisis among veterans.
  — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 28 May 2023
• One month after his return, Carrillo was reported missing in action.
  — Paloma Esquivel, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2023
• Pink Friday 2, that beloved eccentricity was missing in action.
  — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 13 Sep. 2023
• The closest historical similarities to Ukraine’s predicament hark back to the world wars of the 20th century, where finding and identifying soldiers missing in action continues to this day.
  — Maria Varenikova, New York Times, 5 May 2024
• Those missing in action are other pillars of civil society, including major NGOs.
  — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2023
• Walker lamented that because he was considered missing in action, his name was absent from the many official monuments memorializing those killed during World War II.
  — Giuseppe Ricapito, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
• For nearly two weeks, Folt made no public remarks, and her silence fed a growing sense that the university’s top executive was missing in action, according to interviews with faculty, students and alumni.
  — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024