Example sentences for: casualties

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

  • Nearby, the 220-ft- (67- m-) tall tapering granite obelisk, the Bunker Hill Monument commemorates the first battle of the Revolution, on 17 June, 1775 — a hollow victory for the British who suffered more than 1,000 casualties against 400 to 600 for the colonials.

  • Another sidebar , titled "Talking Casualties," scopes out what it would take for NATO to win a ground war (200,000 troops and a month or two of setup time).

  • Clinton used the passive voice to obscure his responsibility ("the Chinese Embassy was inadvertently damaged and people lost their lives") and offered good intentions as an excuse ("We're doing everything that we can to avoid innocent civilian casualties").

  • These economic casualties are Arafat's most vocal critics.

  • A retired Army officer tells Newsweek that NATO could retake Kosovo in a brief ground attack (100,000 troops, 2-3 months of prep, and 10,000-30,000 Serb casualties).


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