Example sentences for: militants

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

  • Pakistani-backed Islamic militants withdrew from their Himalayan stronghold after weekend talks between Indian and Pakistani officials.

  • Lee, whose dedication to both nonviolence and Catholicism soon marginalized him in a movement that had become increasingly dominated by militants and evangelical Christians, is perhaps even less representative than Widdicombe.

  • 16,1999; Treasury memo, Office of Foreign Asset Control to DOS, Draft Cable on Meeting with Two of UBL's Brothers, May 19, 2000; Youssef M. Ibrahim,"Saudis Strip Citizenship from Backers of Militants," New York Times, Apr.

  • Western analysts worried that military rule would exacerbate: 1) the region's instability ( Los Angeles Times ); 2) the fragility of Pakistan's democracy; and 3) the ascendancy of Islamic militants ( USA Today ). Pakistanis' reaction: After Sharif's regime, anything will be an improvement ( Washington Post ).

  • When René Lévesque’s separatist Parti Québécois was defeated in the 1970 provincial elections by Robert Bourassa’s Liberals, embittered militants of the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) turned to terrorism.


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