How to Use infantry in a Sentence

infantry

noun

• He joined the infantry after leaving school.
• More than 200 cadets would join the infantry and take on the bulk of the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
  — Mark Yost, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2023
• And the infantry platoon that lives there has to deal with the mess in the morning.
  — CBS News, 19 May 2021
• The Stryker can transport a full squad of nine infantry troops and a crew of two.
  — Arkansas Online, 19 Jan. 2023
• Less than a quarter of the soldiers in a BTG are infantry.
  — Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2022
• Like an infantry squad in such a film, each player has a hook.
  — Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 9 Jan. 2024
• The others lying there were all part of an infantry squad.
  — The Oregonian, oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2023
• At the same time, Moscow’s infantry and armor poured into the country from the north, east, and south.
  — Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 16 Apr. 2024
• Both of those killed were infantry soldiers in the Givati Brigade, the military said.
  — Dov Lieber, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2023
• Its crew of two can transport nine infantry troops at sustained speeds of 60 mph.
  — Peter Weber, The Week, 6 Feb. 2023
• Russian infantry rush in to exploit any gaps the guns blow in Ukrainian lines.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 3 Aug. 2022
• The Marine’s unit had engaged a platoon of Iraqi infantry.
  — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
• The marching orders go out, and the infantry falls quickly into line.
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 22 Jan. 2024
• The Marder can travel at 40 miles per hour and carry three crew and six infantry, Forbes reports.
  — Sanya Mansoor, Time, 9 Jan. 2023
• In the Marines, infantry and reconnaissance jobs have been all-male.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Jan. 2023
• When Viktor’s infantry unit first arrived here, thickets of oak and birch trees lined the grassy fields.
  — Mari Saito, USA TODAY, 30 May 2024
• The sailor was a Fleet Marine Force corpsman serving alongside them in the infantry unit.
  — Matt Seyler, ABC News, 4 May 2021
• For that, Crossman dressed the Russian infantry in green and the Russian cavalry in white.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 13 Jan. 2024
• This is most likely because they have been exposed to war, even if not as members of the infantry.
  — Mackubin Owens, Washington Examiner, 1 Apr. 2021
• Both enlisted in the Army after high school, with Paul joining the infantry.
  — Russ Bynum, Star Tribune, 18 Mar. 2021
• The Old Guard is the oldest active-duty Army infantry unit, serving since 1784.
  — Josh Morgan, USA Today, 25 May 2023
• He was drafted into the Army infantry in 1964 during the Vietnam War.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
• Out-of-print books and binders stuffed with obscure infantry rosters weigh down sagging shelves.
  — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2023
• As his infantry unit faced being overrun in South Korea in 1950, the teenage soldier from Buen ...
  — Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 24 May 2023
• Waiting to reapply, Rauch spent three years in the Army, in an infantry battalion.
  — Thomas Meaney, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
• The enemy infantry did not even think about moving here.
  — Ivana Kottasova, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
• Their pace of fire had picked up as Ukrainian infantry advanced: 60 rounds overnight, Gerych said, compared to the usual 40 or so.
  — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 9 July 2023
• Its garrison survived and had to be cleared out by infantry.
  — Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
• The former infantry squad leader served for four years and was studying architecture at the time of the incident.
  — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 1 Nov. 2024
• The only way to reliably prevent a weapon beyond use was to spike it, which required infantry or cavalry to physically overrun the battery.
  — David Hambling, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024