Example sentences for: militias

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

  • Also, police take seriously McLaren's claim that he coordinated with militias throughout Texas, who will react violently in response to a police assault.

  • Military-backed militias have killed hundreds and forced thousands to flee since the South Pacific territory voted last week for independence from Indonesia.

  • Within about two months of the start of combat operations, several hundred CIA operatives and Special Forces soldiers, backed by the striking power of U.S. aircraft and a much larger infrastructure of intelligence and support efforts, had combined with Afghan militias and a small number of other coalition soldiers to destroy theTaliban regime and disrupt al Qaeda.

  • According to the liberal watchdog Southern Poverty Law Center, the number of armed militias has grown since the Oklahoma City bombing two years ago, and now exceeds 380.

  • In March, the ROT split into two factions--the smaller one, led by McLaren, advocated an alignment with militias and plotted a violent strategy to remove the federal government from Texas, the other eschewed violence and dissociated itself from McLaren.


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