Example sentences for: paramilitary

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

  • The WP says there are increasing indications that Indonesian forces have joined in the violence, noting that apparently many victims had been shot by military assault rifles and citing a report that a U.N. convoy was fired on by paramilitary police.

  • "Putting some teeth into the drug war, Colombia's right-wing paramilitary death squads will now be aided by apple-cheeked American teen-agers.

  • Recommendation: Lead responsibility for directing and executing paramilitary operations, whether clandestine or covert, should shift to the Defense Department.

  • The paper also briefly noted other options the CIA could be pursuing against Bin Ladin: paramilitary or sabotage attacks-possibly lethal-against Bin Ladin's facilities in Kandahar and Sudan, or even intelligence support for U.S. military strikes.

  • Not only is the piece already a gush for the show, but--not to be a party-pooper--the last paragraph seems somehow overblown after reading the news accounts of Arkan's slaying, since he headed what was really "really a paramilitary orgainzation."


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