ARMY in a Sentence

Learn ARMY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
322 example sentences for ARMY, such as:
1. The army beat a hasty retreat.
2. The army was cut off from its base.
3. The army planned to attack enemy arsenals.
4. Russian army, I must say that your victory was not.
5. I have four sons in the army but still I don't fret.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of ARMY
army
 n.  a large number of people united for some specific purpose
 n.  the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  He is a captain in the army, damn him, and all day he does nothing but call me 'dear uncle,' and kiss my hand, and express sympathy until I am forced to stop my ears.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
2  Her canaries alone number four hundred, and, in addition, there is an army of pug-dogs, hangers-on, and servants.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
3  But almost the first words which he uttered showed Murazov that the prisoner had been having dealings with the army of bribe-takers; as also that in those transactions his lawyer had played the principal part.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER IV
4  But I know I am no use anywhere except in the army; I am not a diplomat or a government clerk.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII
5  I have four sons in the army but still I don't fret.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIX
6  I mean young Nicholas Rostov, who with his enthusiasm could not bear to remain inactive and has left the university to join the army.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXV
7  I will confess to you, dear Mary, that in spite of his extreme youth his departure for the army was a great grief to me.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXV
8  It was a convoy of conscripts enrolled from our people and starting to join the army.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXV
9  And, in fact, the last letter he had received from Mack's army informed him of a victory and stated strategically the position of the army was very favorable.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III
10  On Kutuzov's staff, among his fellow officers and in the army generally, Prince Andrew had, as he had had in Petersburg society, two quite opposite reputations.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III
11  The report which had been circulated that the Austrians had been beaten and that the whole army had surrendered at Ulm proved to be correct.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III
12  The nervous irritation aroused by the appearance of Mack, the news of his defeat, and the thought of what lay before the Russian army found vent in anger at Zherkov's untimely jest.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III
13  Austrian troops that had escaped capture at Ulm and had joined Kutuzov at Braunau now separated from the Russian army, and Kutuzov was left with only his own weak and exhausted forces.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX
14  Russian army, I must say that your victory was not.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
15  Mack loses a whole army, the Archduke Ferdinand and the Archduke Karl give no signs of life and make blunder after blunder.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER X
Example Sentence: (112 in 8 pages)
1  A captain in the navy ranks above a captain in the army.
2  According to the army, the teenager said he was on a "suicide mission" for the movement.
3  The army has set up checkpoints on all the major roads in the area.
4  The army planned to attack enemy arsenals.
5  The army must give power back to the legitimate government.
6  Women soldiers will join their male counterparts at the army base.
7  The army was cut off from its base.
8  Gunfire was heard at an army base close to the airport.
9  The defeated army had to retreat hastily from the field of battle.
10  The army beat a hasty retreat.
11  The augmentation of the army began along traditional lines.
12  We believe that he has been training an army and storing up arms.
13  Massive baggage trains enabled rapid troop movement by the Frankish army without repeated foraging.
14  If Henry V at Agincourt had spoken to his army about relative troop strengths, we might all be speaking French.
15  The army evidently fears that, under him, its activities would be severely circumscribed.