How to Use armed forces in a Sentence

armed forces

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  • The late queen, King Charles, and his two sons all served in the armed forces.
    — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Beginning in the 1990s, with strong U.S. support, the armed forces moved to the front lines of the drug fight.
    — Tim Golden, New York Times, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The monarch remains the titular head of the Church of England and the armed forces.
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The meatball was the product of a culture similar to that of the armed forces.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The country needs to reform the structure of its armed forces.
    — Mark A. Milley, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2024
  • The decree ordered the armed forces to neutralize the groups.
    — Julia Symmes Cobb and Rosalba O'Brien, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
  • All branches of the U.S. armed forces followed suit by 1948.
    — Katie Lauer, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
  • The coffin will be guarded by members of the British armed forces.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2022
  • There’s a reason a 14 or 15-year old does not have the right to drive, does not have the right to vote, does not have the right to serve in the armed forces.
    — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The review, released Thursday, will guide the future size and shape of the U.S. armed forces.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2022
  • Klimek: When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Black men were not allowed to enlist in the armed forces.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Conn observes how this has fused rural people to the armed forces.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Taiwan scrambled jets and placed its armed forces on alert in response to the PLA drills.
    — Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 May 2024
  • Meanwhile, the commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, Col.-Gen.
    — Felipe Dana and Jim Heintz, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
  • The inequities documented in the study aren’t unique to doctors or to the armed forces, Schwab and Singh said.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • But clearly, the momentum is with the Ukrainian armed forces.
    — ABC News, 11 July 2023
  • Because the Russians are trying to crush Ukraine, crush it with the weight of their armed forces, their size and their equipment.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Twice a year, all members of the U.S. armed forces must pass a physical fitness test.
    — Ben Kesling, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2023
  • And Red Dawn became an instant classic among the U.S. armed forces.
    — TIME, 9 Aug. 2024
  • Giles says Neale, in effect, served in a role U.S. armed forces would later call a combat medic.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Russian troops hadn’t achieved any new gains in the Bakhmut area the past day, according to the general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces.
    — Marcus Walker, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Apart from a few soldiers who have joined the demonstrators, the bulk of the country’s armed forces appear to have made their choice.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2024
  • This isn’t the first time in history a left-wing elite has tried to drive conservatives out of the armed forces.
    — Jacob Hornstein, National Review, 26 May 2024
  • The answer may lie in the complex relationship that Russians have with the armed forces.
    — Jennifer Mathers, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2023
  • No members of the armed forces or the federal police had been involved.
    — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
  • No nuclear power plant in the world is designed to withstand full-fledged fire from the armed forces.
    — Mia Alberti, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
  • And the state has managed, by hook and by crook, to continue recruiting men into the armed forces.
    — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Hogan deeply respects the sacrifice of those Americans who have served in the armed forces.
    — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2024
  • An effort launched in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection led to dozens of recommendations for the armed forces, most of which have not been implemented more than three years later.
    — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Troops from across the various branches of the Chinese armed forces participated Monday in military drills to the north, south, east, and west of Taiwan.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 16 Oct. 2024

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