Example sentences for: junta

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

  • The British press has been dominated for several days by the crisis threatening Foreign Secretary Robin Cook over claims the British Foreign Office secretly encouraged a private company to sell arms to help overthrow the military junta in Sierra Leone, in contravention of U.N. sanctions against that west African nation.

  • TheWashington Post leads with the restoration of civilian rule in Ecuador, following Friday's bloodless coup led by a three-man junta.

  • The LAT lead reports Clinton acknowledged "the U.S. government's support for the widely despised military junta that ruled Greece more than 25 years ago" during a speech to Greek business and community leaders.

  • The New York Times leads with an agreement between the White House and Congress on a .38-percent across-the-board spending cut, a story fronted by the Washington Post and reefered by the Los Angeles Times and USA Today . The Wall Street Journal tops its "Worldwide" box with the arrests of hundreds of alleged debtors in Pakistan by the new military junta, a story fronted by no other paper.

  • What you have to understand about Pakistan is that it's a democracy in name only; even before yesterday it was a barely disguised military junta backed with American tax dollars.


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