Example sentences for: troop

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

  • "Walkin' the mile …," repeats the old man as he and the guards troop down the corridor--known as the Green Mile for the color of the floor--to the chair, in which he's elaborately strapped, offered an opportunity to make a final statement ("Sorry for all the bad shit I done"), and mock-dispatched.

  • The NYT also reports that Milosevic's agreement to allow U2 spy planes to monitor troop activity-regarded as a major concession to NATO-also entails NATO giving the Yugoslav army a weekly schedule of reconnaissance flights.

  • A WP editorial calling on Congress to close more military bases supports the cause with some simple observations: While the number of Navy ships is down nearly 46 percent, its berthing space is down only 18 percent, and while Army troop strength is down 42 percent, training facilities for soldiers are down only 7 percent.

  • The Times poll, however, also found majority support for ground troops if needed to stop ethnic cleansing or to drive Milosevic from power, and the latest ABC News/ Washington Post poll (April 8) shows 57 percent supporting ground troop operations if airstrikes fail to deter the Serbs.

  • The NYT also floats the 70K troop estimate and offers an explanation for why Iran may be hesitant to fight Afghanistan--its suffering during the eight-year Iran-Iraq war.


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