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."

  • The Chechen president, who denies any affiliation with the guerrillas, has requested a sit-down with Boris Yeltsin, but for now the Russians aren't having any of it.

  • The Sydney Morning Herald reported Tuesday that the head of the peacekeeping forces in East Timor had called on pro-independence guerrillas to give up their weapons.

  • This "pacification" has killed many Chechen guerrillas and civilians and has turned most of the survivors into refugees.

  • Turkey captured Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan . Ocalan's guerrillas have been fighting the Turks for independence since 1984.


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