Example sentences for: guerrillas

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

  • As India's efforts to evict Pakistan-backed Muslim guerrillas from the disputed territory entered the seventh day, the daily Dawn of Pakistan led on Pakistani troops repelling three cross-border raids that India denied had taken place.

  • 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."

  • Colombia's most-beloved figure convinced his friend Fidel Castro to push leftist guerrillas toward the peace table and convinced the United States that Cuba's hidden hand was necessary.

  • 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.

  • 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.


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