How to Use Purple Heart in a Sentence

Purple Heart

noun

• He was wounded twice, and he was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
  — Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2022
• The awards include the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, among others.
  — Courtney Kube, NBC News, 19 June 2023
• Totten-Perry pulled it out, opened it and saw a Purple Heart.
  — Thallman, oregonlive, 24 June 2023
• Biggs had served eight years in the Army and received a Purple Heart for traumatic brain injury in Iraq.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
• Corwyn Collier in his Army uniform with his Purple Heart in 2021.
  — Men's Health, 14 Dec. 2022
• He was wounded, earning a Purple Heart as well as a Silver Star for valor.
  — Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
• Harris for his service to our country and the sacrifice that led to his deserved awarding of the Purple Heart.
  — Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner, 20 July 2023
• Vestiges of his life float over a self-portrait: a Purple Heart hanging off a prosthetic hand, a painkiller pill, a Ford Mustang.
  — Michael S. Rosenwald, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
• The Quincy native had been married for just six months, and was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart.
  — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
• He was awarded a Silver Star and a Purple Heart, among his many decorations.
  — Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
• He was awarded a Bronze Star with an oak leaf cluster and a Purple Heart with two clusters for his actions during those campaigns.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
• As a result of that incident, the Purple Heart recipient lost both legs below the knees.
  — Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• Neither he nor Aarons was seriously hurt in the attack, but Aarons did receive a Purple Heart for a forehead wound.
  — Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 28 May 2021
• He has been given the department’s Medal of Honor and Purple Heart awards posthumously.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
• Discharge records did not mention his debilitating injuries, and the Army would not award him a Purple Heart.
  — Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• Under enemy fire, Mr. Howard was wounded and received the Purple Heart.
  — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
• The Pentagon further clarified the rules, noting there are two key conditions which both must be met for the Purple Heart to be awarded.
  — Isabel Yip, CNN, 17 June 2023
• He was injured by shrapnel in one Japanese kamikaze attack and awarded a Purple Heart.
  — U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
• He was posthumously awarded the department’s two highest honors, a Medal of Honor and a Purple Heart.
  — Michael Goldberg, Twin Cities, 11 June 2024
• Jerry Harris was wounded in battle over 50 years ago but never received a Purple Heart.
  — Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner, 20 July 2023
• Osborne was awarded the distinguished Purple Heart for wounds sustained in combat.
  — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023
• Jose Jimenez served for nearly eight years and is decorated with honors including a Purple Heart.
  — Olivia Lloyd, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2022
• Earning a Purple Heart is usually a source of great pride, a testament to surviving an injury in combat.
  — Michael Wilson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
• But things take a complicated turn when Luke gets seriously injured (hence that Purple Heart).
  — Jessica Leon, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2022
• The attendees of this week's trip include a 101-year-old veteran, three recipients of the Purple Heart, including one who also received a Bronze Star and four women.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 19 June 2024
• That quick-footed, old-eyed gentleman with the wife in a lynx coat, grabbing a cab on Sixth Avenue to go uptown after a gala, leaves behind an old Purple Heart soldier with his broken leg in a cast who may sleep on a grate tonight in the icy cold.
  — Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023
• Army records indicate only two of the 31 received Purple Heart medals, which are awarded to service members wounded or killed during action against an enemy.
  — CBS News, 11 May 2024
• His sacrifices later earned him multiple Purple Heart medals.
  — Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 4 Oct. 2021
• Gunn was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and honored with a presidential citation.
  — Sara Pezzoni, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2024
• The initiative, dubbed Operation Purple Heart, was launched in November 2021.
  — Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024

Last Updated: 26 Aug 2024