Example sentences for: armies

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

  • The British and French armies established ad hoc military courts to try Kaiser Wilhelm II and more than 900 other top German officials for "unjustly" instigating the war.

  • In the stormy 15th and 16th centuries, Lucca’s prosperous silk merchants preserved the peace by intercepting enemy armies and paying them to bypass the town.

  • On the mainland, an invasion of even greater significance followed in 1580, when Philip II of Spain proclaimed himself king of Portugal and marched his armies across the border.

  • To be dangerous, an enemy had to muster large armies.

  • Among the many invading armies that settled here and contributed to nascent Portuguese culture were Phoenicians, who settled in the area around 1,000 b.c., followed by the Celts, Iberians, Greeks, and Carthaginians.


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