How to Use armed forces in a Sentence

armed forces

plural noun

• The society also sends packages to members of the armed forces.
  — Bill Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
• It’s where their veterans’ wall came from: to showcase every customer who’s served in the armed forces.
  — Blaine Callahan, Hartford Courant, 21 Nov. 2022
• 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
• Physically, too, the provocations took a toll, wearing down the Taiwanese armed forces.
  — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022
• That includes funds for research and development, which is crucial for modernizing their armed forces.
  — Lorne Cook, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
• 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 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Apart from a few soldiers who have joined the demonstrators, the bulk of the country’s armed forces appear to have made their choice.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024
• This isn’t the first time in history a left-wing elite has tried to drive conservatives out of the armed forces.
  — Jacob Hornstein, National Review, 26 May 2024
• The answer may lie in the complex relationship that Russians have with the armed forces.
  — Jennifer Mathers, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2023
• No members of the armed forces or the federal police had been involved.
  — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• No nuclear power plant in the world is designed to withstand full-fledged fire from the armed forces.
  — Mia Alberti, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
• And the state has managed, by hook and by crook, to continue recruiting men into the armed forces.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024
• Hogan deeply respects the sacrifice of those Americans who have served in the armed forces.
  — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2024
• For World War II, the armed forces developed the chain of evacuation.
  — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024
• They were trained in the educational institutions of our partner countries, and of course, the best pilots were selected who already had experience in effectively using the aircraft that are in service with the Ukrainian armed forces.
  — Cnn Staff, CNN, 8 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024