Example sentences for: insurgents

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

  • Though Saddam Hussein was widely detested, many Saudis are sympathetic to the anti-U.S. insurgents in Iraq, although majorities also condemn jihadist attacks in the Kingdom.

  • They also cooperate with Colombia's Marxist insurgents, who control much of the country.

  • Essential to the self-image of conservatives is the notion that they are enemies of an established orthodoxy, insurgents against the dogmatic political correctness that predominates on the left.

  • The Los Angeles Times leads with Russia's forceful military reaction against Muslim insurgents in the republic of Dagestan (a story it fronted yesterday).

  • The government in this diamond-rich country has battled insurgents since 1991, with mining conglomerates, mercenaries, and other outside interests supplying arms, money, and expertise to both sides.


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