How to Use militarily in a Sentence

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• Israeli efforts to free the hostages militarily could result in the death of many.
  — Shannon K. Crawford, ABC News, 10 Oct. 2023
• During the Cold War, the U.S. aimed to counter the spread of communism in the region, sometimes militarily.
  — Luis Guillermo Solis, The Conversation, 22 Apr. 2021
• France has been militarily involved in the country since the 2012 coup.
  — David McKenzie, CNN, 19 Aug. 2020
• Even so, neither side can be said to have made much progress militarily.
  — New York Times, 16 Mar. 2022
• The youngest troops stationed in Afghanistan today were not born when the U.S first became involved militarily in Afghanistan.
  — Washington Examiner Staff, Washington Examiner, 22 Apr. 2021
• That is not to use our military to solve problems that cannot be solved militarily.
  — oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2020
• The analysts said over the long term, Beijing still holds the clear upper hand militarily.
  — Brad Lendon, CNN, 19 Dec. 2020
• Such an agreement would oblige the United States to respond militarily in the event of an attack on Saudi soil.
  — Karen Deyoung, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
• But the coup was on the wane; after the end of the Cold War, the U.S. had stopped propping up quite so many military dictatorships, which are what tend to get militarily couped.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 July 2023
• That planted the seeds of the collapse of the Soviet Union by showing its client states that their sponsor was unable to help them militarily.
  — WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
• On the other hand, there are limits to what Israel can do militarily.
  — Zev Chafets, Star Tribune, 14 Jan. 2021
• That number has dropped in recent years, as all sides admitted the war could not be won militarily.
  — Mujib Mashal, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2020
• In other words, the two are promising militarily help to each other at a time of escalating face-offs with their neighbors and the West.
  — Clare Sebastian, CNN, 19 June 2024
• Some analysts believe those groups want Iran to do more to back them militarily.
  — Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
• But if Russia wins militarily in Ukraine, all these aspirations for a more just world will be moot.
  — Peter Pomerantsev, Time, 21 Dec. 2022
• The number of tanks was too small to make a significant difference militarily and Ukraine does not have the supplies to support Challengers in the long term.
  — Phil McCausland, NBC News, 4 June 2023
• And the Taliban was at its strongest militarily since 2001.
  — New York Times, 16 Aug. 2021
• And the Taliban was at its strongest militarily, since 2001.
  — Katie Vogel, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2021
• The United States and some of its allies have stepped in to militarily suppress the threat, bombing Houthi positions inside Yemen.
  — Johnnie Carson, Foreign Affairs, 19 July 2024
• Sweden has been militarily non-aligned since the Napoleonic Wars.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 12 May 2022
• One recent claim asserts the U.S. has become militarily involved in the war.
  — Isabella Fertel, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2022
• But optimism has now flagged with respect to what Ukraine can achieve militarily.
  — Alina Polyakova, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2024
• The high-tech army (think of the French in Algeria or the Americans in Vietnam) does most of the killing and, often, loses the war—politically, if not militarily.
  — Jo-Ann Mort, The New Republic, 18 Oct. 2023
• While Douthat was still fresh out of college, Emma Sky was busy trying to build good governance in Iraq, not destroy it militarily.
  — Gabriel Diamond, National Review, 22 Dec. 2023
• The dictatorships that most threaten the free world are too powerful to be brought down militarily.
  — Star Tribune, 26 Jan. 2021
• Putin has for years backed the Assad regime, and in 2015 intervened militarily in the Syrian civil war, helping tip the balance in his favor.
  — Nada Bashir, CNN, 17 Mar. 2023
• Kunduz is a key city, militarily and politically, and its fall highlights the swiftness of the Taliban's advance in the wake of the U.S. troop withdrawal.
  — Tim O'Donnell, The Week, 8 Aug. 2021
• That effort failed, but a number of South Koreans were killed and the seizure of the Pueblo crew complicated Seoul's desire to respond militarily.
  — CBS News, 26 Feb. 2021
• The region has kept close ties with Russia, is supported militarily by Moscow and hosts a large number of Russian troops.
  — Robert Hart, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• That meant American leaders kept it unclear whether, or how, exactly, America would defend Taiwan militarily.
  — Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024