Example sentences for: guerrillas

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

  • Here's how Larry Rohter describes it in the New York Times : "A band of guerrillas appears out of nowhere, sets up a roadblock on a main highway, stops every car or bus that happens along, takes away all the passengers who seem likely to have a good job or a prominent name, and holds them captive until a hefty ransom is paid."

  • While Indian newspapers reported Monday that Pakistani-backed Muslim guerrillas have started pulling out of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir--a development described by the Hindu as "a dramatic victory" for India and a "total military rout" for Pakistan--the Pakistani daily Dawn led Monday on planned protests by Islamic militants against the withdrawal.

  • Unfortunately, the Greek resistance movement formed during the war was so politically divided that the guerrillas expended almost as much energy fighting each other as against the Germans.

  • In New Delhi, the Asian Age led on a much-criticized statement by Indian Defense Minister George Fernandes that India would consider granting the guerrillas safe passage back to Pakistan.

  • In France it is maquis (and also the name of the guerrillas who lived there).


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