How to Use prisoner of war in a Sentence

prisoner of war

noun phrase

• 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
• Trump mocked the 5 1/2 years McCain spent as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
  — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
• In the early 1550s, Orsini left home to fight in a war against France, but he was captured and held as a prisoner of war.
  — Lanta Davis and Vince Reighard, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2024
• McCain, a Navy aviator, was shot down in 1967 and was held as a prisoner of war for more than five years.
  — Dan Nowicki, The Arizona Republic, 5 Sep. 2024
• Waiting for them on the ground were German soldiers, who captured him and took him as a prisoner of war.
  — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 6 June 2024
• This year, Redmon traveled to Hanoi with a group of former prisoners of war, many of whom had flown the same missions as his dad.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
• Taken as a prisoner of war, he was held for only 22 hours as the Allies pressed their advance.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
• Often, the reprisals would be meted out on prisoners of war, who were near at hand and could easily be killed.
  — Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
• Many people have called the island home over the years, from Portuguese fishermen to prisoners of war.
  — Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2023
• Thousands of people are believed to be held as prisoners of war by all sides since the conflict erupted.
  — Ahmed Al-Haj and Samy Magdy, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
• The 3-2 affirmative vote amended the city’s policy to allow only the flying of the United States flag, the state flag, the city flag and the prisoner of war flag.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
• In the ensuing weeks, U.S. prisoners of war were released and the last American combat troops were sent home.
  — Norman Kempster, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
• Opened in 1917 as a training camp for soldiers, it was used as a recruit training post and prisoner of war camp during World War II.
  — Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2023
• Most of the Red Army monuments in Germany are believed to have been built above the graves of Soviet soldiers or prisoners of war.
  — Ekaterina Bodyagina, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• She and Renate were forced to work at a paper factory where French prisoners of war were also present.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2024
• At the end of the Second World War, the French composer, who had been held for a year in a prisoner of war camp, found his wife had had a mental breakdown and was in declining health.
  — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
• In 1944 Jefferson was shot down over southern France during a mission, captured by Nazi forces, and for nine months held as a prisoner of war.
  — Andrea May Sahouri, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2024
• Shortly afterwards he was captured by the Germans as a prisoner of war.
  — Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
• Thousands of people are still believed to be held as prisoners of war since the conflict erupted, with others missing.
  — Ahmed Al-Haj and Samy Magdy, ajc, 14 Apr. 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
• Now, Marcus Fenix, a former prisoner of war, is civilization's best hope on the planet Sera.
  — Ray Padilla, The Courier-Journal, 23 Mar. 2024
• One man might describe how he was tortured as a prisoner of war, or another might recall the day his brother was hauled away from their home, never to be seen again.
  — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
• The following January, however, he was hit by a sniper and taken as a prisoner of war in Fuhren, Germany.
  — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024
• The post claims the conversation was between two Ukrainian soldiers deciding to shoot a prisoner of war.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2023
• Last year, the library pulled from its own archives to help create an exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of the release of prisoners of war following the end of the Vietnam War.
  — Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
• During this time, thousands of U.S. and Filipino service members were captured as prisoners of war.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 25 June 2024
• She was hired to interview Vietnamese prisoners of war for the Rand Corporation.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
• Instead, their people were made prisoners of war, Apache Stronghold argues.
  — Kevin Rector, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2023
• Remains missing for decades In the months following the combat, Story’s remains could not be found or identified and he was not recorded as a prisoner of war, the joint statement said.
  — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 29 May 2023
• Japanese sailors captured him and he subsequently was made a prisoner of war.
  — Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Dec 2024