How to Use invasion in a Sentence

invasion

noun

• The town is gearing up for the annual tourist invasion.
• The people live under a constant threat of invasion.
• The enemy launched an invasion.
• Japan’s invasion of Manchuria and the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany made a second world war likely.
  — Cyrus Veeser / Made By History, TIME, 10 Sep. 2024
• That day was when Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine.
  — Greg Norman, Fox News, 3 Apr. 2023
• The performance, of course, was a hit, and before long, the British rock ‘n’ roll invasion had begun.
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
• Now the ground invasion is expected to expand into parts of the south.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• Ukraine may be facing the toughest chapter of its war since the first days of Russia’s invasion.
  — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2024
• And this is what happened at the beginning of this invasion.
  — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 17 Aug. 2024
• That war has so far included a series of airstrikes as well as a ground invasion.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
• Some, such has the land mines strewn across Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, are meant to lie dormant.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
• Celeste was taken from her home on the day of the invasion and was killed on the way to Gaza, said her uncle, who didn’t know more of the circumstances of her death.
  — WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
• One need look no further than the American invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
  — Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
• The jump in oil and gas prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and a new gas discovery by Shell have led to a small rebound over the past year.
  — Clifford Krauss, New York Times, 15 May 2023
• Still, the sustained invasion has proved to be a morale boost for Ukrainians sorely in need of one after two and a half years of grinding war.
  — Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 15 Aug. 2024
• The film became a look at a wartime president and his country’s defense of freedom against the threat of invasion.
  — Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 1 July 2024
• Belarus was a staging ground for Russian troops to launch their invasion of Ukraine a little over 13 months ago.
  — Yuras Karmanau, Anchorage Daily News, 31 Mar. 2023
• Tom Cruise stars in this massive-scale alien invasion epic, with Dakota Fanning along for the ride as his daughter.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 4 Aug. 2023
• Then the American invasion, then the Taliban came back.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2024
• Before the Spanish invasion in the 15th century, the Guanche would climb the mountain every summer with their flocks of goats.
  — Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2023
• Grossi plans to visit the plant this week for the second time following Russia's invasion 13 months ago.
  — Hanna Arhirova, ajc, 27 Mar. 2023
• Punakha Dzong is among the most beautiful fortresses in Bhutan, built at the confluence of two rivers to thwart invasions from Tibet.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 8 June 2023
• Drones have played a major role in Ukraine’s war against Russia’s invasion and in Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
• Guterres has made several trips to Ukraine since the start of the invasion, including his latest trip to Kyiv last month.
  — Pamela Falk, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2023
• The Israeli military said at least 256 soldiers have been killed since the ground invasion of Gaza began.
  — NBC News, 5 Apr. 2024
• The story centers on a young woman living on the outskirts of a galaxy who must find a group of warriors to save the galaxy from an invasion from a tyrant.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 12 Nov. 2023
• Israel’s invasion of the south, which started in early December, has forced people to move every few days to stay out of the line of fire.
  — Adam Rasgon, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2023
• Healthy milkweed plants can withstand an invasion of aphids.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2024
• Why hasn’t Russia’s response been stronger? Russia is trying to avoid diverting any resources from the frontlines of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine to fight in Kursk.
  — Lauren Kent, CNN, 12 Oct. 2024
• Russia and North Korea have deepened relations since Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
  — Morgan Phillips, Fox News, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Nov 2024