How to Use rearmament in a Sentence

rearmament

noun

• At the same time, the U.S. rearmament drive began to bear fruit.
  — David Satter, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021
• Worse, the Czechoslovaks had one of the world’s best armament works, which immensely aided Berlin’s rearmament.
  — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• Overnight, the United States swung from disarmament to rearmament.
  — Washington Post, 2 Apr. 2021
• Ukraine’s rearmament should be tied to a clear military strategy.
  — Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2024
• The prize is the first for journalists since the German Carl von Ossietzky won it in 1935 for revealing his country's secret post-war rearmament program.
  — NBC News, 8 Oct. 2021
• The outbreak of war in Europe forced the United States to undertake an expensive rearmament program, which in turn prompted Treasury to seek a series of extensions to the debt ceiling.
  — Joseph Thorndike, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
• In 1951, nearly six million people in West Germany signed a petition against rearmament.
  — Thomas Meaney, Harper's Magazine, 26 Apr. 2024
• Most analysts contend German rearmament is crucial, not only to peace across Europe, but also throughout the globe.
  — Lenora Chu, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2022
• After decades of quasi-pacifism, Japan is initiating a massive rearmament program.
  — David Harsanyi, National Review, 15 Dec. 2022
• Whereas once Japanese rearmament with such capabilities would have caused debate among its allies, Washington is rightly all-in for the plan.
  — The Editors, National Review, 20 Dec. 2022
• The prospect of German reindustrialization and rearmament, however, reignited age-old French fears.
  — Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2022
• In 1938, France and Czechoslovakia would have defeated Germany, as Berlin’s rearmament was woefully incomplete.
  — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 2 Aug. 2022
• European countries that hadn't taken their defense obligations seriously, including Germany, Italy and Spain, are now on the way toward implementing rearmament plans or adding more money to their defense budgets.
  — Daniel R. Depetris, The Week, 2 May 2022
• The question of who helms strategic companies ranging from energy to defense has taken on more significance given the backdrop of rapidly realigning priorities in gas supply and military rearmament as war rages on the European continent.
  — Alessandra Migliaccio, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• Analysts said Israel was looking to prevent Hamas from siphoning off cash and reconstruction materials for rebuilding its own military infrastructure and rearmament.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2021
• The war in Ukraine exposed Europe’s vulnerabilities and catalyzed decisions on rearmament and economic security.
  — Célia Belin, Foreign Affairs, 5 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024