How to Use army in a Sentence

army

noun
  • They sent in a whole army of trained technicians.
  • He left home and joined the army after he graduated from high school.
  • The company employs an army of lawyers to handle its legal affairs.
  • The organization was founded by a dedicated army of volunteers.
  • In other words, overall, the Russian army has held its own.
    Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 3 May 2023
  • The national guard brigades tend to be lighter than their equivalent brigades in the Ukrainian army, air-assault force and marine corps.
    David Axe, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • Resident Ali Bashir said the city was under the control of the army, including the airport.
    Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • In a terrific sequence set in an anti-gravity zone, Rain lays waste to this monster army with a mega machine gun, leaving yellow acid blood hanging in blotches in the air.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The army has yet to clarify the causes of those deaths.
    Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Louk’s body was one of those found by the army nearly a week ago.
    Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
  • Protests were met with violence; the British army was called in.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The tracksuit is available in 26 colors like brick red and army green and in sizes S–3XL.
    Monica Bell, Peoplemag, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Fifty percent of the Russian army has been destroyed by the Ukrainians.
    CBS News, 1 Oct. 2023
  • Colors range from army cot green to washed spice orange.
    Jessica MacDonald, Travel + Leisure, 29 Jan. 2024
  • The army said four of the launchers discovered had rockets inside them and were ready to be fired.
    WSJ, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The conflict ended on June 10 with the army seizing control of the temple.
    Breana Scheckwitz, Fox News, 22 May 2024
  • His father at the time was an army captain and veteran of World War I.
    Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2024
  • And one of the losses is especially painful for the Ukrainian army.
    David Axe, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
  • Holmes plays Hailee, Carmen’s wild and iconic army brat roommate with a heart of gold.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 July 2024
  • The King’s third and final stop of the day was to Brecon Barracks, which is nome to the regional army command for Wales.
    Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 21 July 2023
  • Adar will serve in the army, as is required of nearly all Jewish Israelis.
    Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Manuel Saavedra, an 80-year-old army veteran, lifts his shirt to show a scar.
    Nelson Mauricio Rauda Zablah, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Even though many in the West assumed Putin’s army would quickly topple Kyiv, the war in Ukraine has dragged on for nearly a year and a half.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 6 July 2023
  • It couldn’t be established when the army would be deployed or in what numbers.
    Saeed Shah, wsj.com, 10 May 2023
  • Beneath the cropped jacket was another garment in the shade of army green and a gray and red piece of fabric.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 21 June 2024
  • About five minutes into the video, the uniformed men line the others up against the fence, as the army vehicle retreats.
    Alfredo Meza, CNN, 7 June 2023
  • As the season wears on, these seeds begin to shrivel, turning to a pale army green color.
    Carly Westerfield, Bon Appétit, 9 Mar. 2024
  • An army of Garner’s famous friends (and fellow mothers) chimed in with their support for the mom of three.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 22 May 2024
  • Mark Kelly America is stuck—deadlocked, frozen, like the armies on the Western Front in 1917.
    Lance Morrow, WSJ, 25 May 2023
  • Now, any time a public figure unveils a stunning transformation on the red carpet, there’s an army of cosmetics experts armed with social media consultants and marketing teams who are ready to assess the work.
    Natalie Jarvey, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Aug. 2024

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