Example sentences for: troops

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

  • But five days later, when asked why the United States was refusing to send Apache helicopters and ground troops into Kosovo, Clinton cited prudence, objective difficulties, and the "risk" to American soldiers.

  • When it was pointed out to him that U.N. troops don't come from Mars, he was stymied.

  • But the United States is afraid that the 500 peacekeeping troops stationed in neighboring Macedonia will get drawn into battle.

  • Admitting that it will be difficult to persuade groups such as Falintil to disarm while Indonesian troops remain, the paper said, "When the last Indonesian soldier has left East Timor, the rationale for the guerillas remaining a fighting force will be gone as well.

  • Second, a famous example of PD comes from the trench-warfare of World War I [ 1 ] , in which opposing lines of troops preferred to cooperate in maintaining a local peace rather than risk death in mutual defection (and reversion to reciprocated attacks).


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