Words similar to platoon

Example sentences for: platoon

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

The Army suspected him of malingering, and that didn't sit well with the 9th Infantry Division platoon sergeant.
A small, white-bearded Melanesian man strolls nonchalantly past a platoon of tensely trudging grunts who can't believe they're encountering this instead of a hail of Japanese bullets.
If this doesn't work, it added, a platoon commander has the authority "to proceed with actions he deems appropriate."
It was carried out by a tiny group of people, not enough to man a full platoon.
If anything, there are too many--every bright young thing graduating from college these days feels compelled to publish his or her particular social critique, whether readable or not, and there is a small platoon of quasi-subsidized publishing companies (Free Press, Basic Books, Public Affairs Press, etc.) ready to print them.