Example sentences for: soldiers

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

  • In the Battle of Orleans — fought in Chalmette down the river — General Sir Edward Packenham and his redcoats marched in proper formation across the battlefield like toy soldiers — straight into the American artillery.

  • ; notably more pollution than in the United States; notably more government, running higher deficits; lots of well-cared-for historic buildings, such as the built-in-the-14 th -century church I attend with my family; prices far too high, except for wine and flowers, which are cheap (European staples, you know); large cemeteries, where thousands of U.S. soldiers rest beneath uniform stone markers; and ubiquitous fresh bread and great chocolates.

  • Everyone from suited businessmen to young soldiers on national service make a regular visit to Athens Cathedral or a small local church to light a candle.

  • The Mafia's power has steadily declined since the late '50s . In New York, the number of "soldiers" or "wise-guys "--the ones who take the blood oath--has dwindled.

  • Maybe then he'd view Guadalcanal not in an absurdist vacuum (the soldiers come, they kill and are killed, they leave) but in the larger context of a war that was among the most rational (in its aims, if not its methods) fought in the last several centuries.


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