Example sentences for: armies

How can you use “armies” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Three years later his armies had triumphed in a ruthless struggle that cost hundreds of thousands of Spanish lives.

  • As Arab armies massed on the borders of Israel in 1967, the Israeli Air Force destroyed the air forces of Egypt, Syria, Jordan, and Iraq with a preemptive strike.

  • The Romans built basilicas for public administration, pioneered the new engineering of aqueducts and bridges, and erected triumphal arches for victorious armies.

  • The Carthaginians absorbed the islands into their trading empire and founded the main ports, but they quickly learned to respect the slingers, eventually recruiting thousands into their armies.

  • Simatai consists of 14 beacon towers, each about 400 m (a quarter mile) apart, which were once used to transmit fire and smoke signals — tower by tower — to the Chinese armies encamped below should an enemy be sighted.


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