How to Use armed forces in a Sentence

armed forces

plural noun
  • The defense ministry has said that control of the armed forces legally remains with Yoon.
    Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Ukrainian civilians have come up with one of the most creative (and maybe a bit macabre) ways of raising money for their country’s armed forces.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 June 2022
  • Your body's immune system is like its own armed forces, sworn to protect it from all threats, both internal and external.
    Karina Zaiets, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Female officers had gone to court seeking lifelong careers in the armed forces, along with benefits similar to those of male staff.
    Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 21 June 2022
  • In another riveting speech — this time delivered via video — the actor dedicated his award to the armed forces of Ukraine.
    Ben Croll, Variety, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The ceremony paid tribute to the monarch, who is head of the armed forces in Scotland, and celebrated her Platinum Jubilee.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 30 June 2022
  • The late queen, King Charles, and his two sons all served in the armed forces.
    Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Part of the entry fee for the rave was used to help Ukraine's armed forces.
    Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 28 July 2022
  • The Guard operates its own military infrastructure parallel to Iran’s regular armed forces.
    Nasser Karimi and Isabel Debre, USA TODAY, 26 June 2022
  • Beginning in the 1990s, with strong U.S. support, the armed forces moved to the front lines of the drug fight.
    Tim Golden, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The monarch remains the titular head of the Church of England and the armed forces.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The meatball was the product of a culture similar to that of the armed forces.
    Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The country needs to reform the structure of its armed forces.
    Mark A. Milley, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The decree ordered the armed forces to neutralize the groups.
    Julia Symmes Cobb and Rosalba O'Brien, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
  • All branches of the U.S. armed forces followed suit by 1948.
    Katie Lauer, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
  • The coffin will be guarded by members of the British armed forces.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2022
  • There’s a reason a 14 or 15-year old does not have the right to drive, does not have the right to vote, does not have the right to serve in the armed forces.
    Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The review, released Thursday, will guide the future size and shape of the U.S. armed forces.
    David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Klimek: When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Black men were not allowed to enlist in the armed forces.
    Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Conn observes how this has fused rural people to the armed forces.
    Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Taiwan scrambled jets and placed its armed forces on alert in response to the PLA drills.
    Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
  • His two older brothers, both in the Air Force, played on the armed forces’ All-Service team.
    New York Times, 6 July 2022
  • Meanwhile, the commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, Col.-Gen.
    Felipe Dana and Jim Heintz, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • The inequities documented in the study aren’t unique to doctors or to the armed forces, Schwab and Singh said.
    Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • But clearly, the momentum is with the Ukrainian armed forces.
    ABC News, 11 July 2023
  • Because the Russians are trying to crush Ukraine, crush it with the weight of their armed forces, their size and their equipment.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Twice a year, all members of the U.S. armed forces must pass a physical fitness test.
    Ben Kesling, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2023
  • And Red Dawn became an instant classic among the U.S. armed forces.
    TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Giles says Neale, in effect, served in a role U.S. armed forces would later call a combat medic.
    Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Russian troops hadn’t achieved any new gains in the Bakhmut area the past day, according to the general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces.
    Marcus Walker, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023

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