Example sentences for: raiding

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

  • Whether the northern tribes made the pass difficult to defend by their constant raiding is still debated by scholars, but it is known that the local inhabitants weren’t willing to give the Romans free rein over the whole territory.

  • To counter this, the populations moved from their homes on the coast and built settlements inland, out of sight of the raiding parties.

  • Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung led its front page Thursday with an exclusive revelation that a raiding party of East German academics had secretly opened the coffin of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 30 years ago.

  • (See Slate 's review of his The Secret Life of Bill Clinton: The Unreported Stories .) Banned from giving interviews by a judicial gag order, Paula Jones was doing "her best to prevent their two young children running amok and raiding the fridge," while her husband spoke on her behalf, Evans-Pritchard wrote.

  • Fear of repeating the deadly clash between federal agents and Branch Davidian cult members has deterred police from raiding the compound.


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