Example sentences for: raid

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

  • In 1942, without adequate Allied naval and air support, the high-risk amphibious raid of 5,000 Canadian troops on Dieppe proved disastrous (almost 1,000 killed, 2,000 captured).

  • 3. Children taken on ¥500 raid.

  • And in 1976 Mossad planned the famous raid on Entebbe, Uganda, rescuing passengers on an Air France jet hijacked by Palestinian terrorists.

  • He can't reach a beehive by climbing, so he jury-rigs a balloon to raid the hive from the air.

  • Only one passenger and one Israeli commando--Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's brother Yonathan--died during the raid.


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