How to Use soldier on in a Sentence

soldier on

phrasal verb
  • Even then, Moby Grape soldiered on as a trio for a time.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 22 July 2024
  • All told, the group helped move more than 7 million letters and parcels to soldiers on the front lines.
    — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 10 Feb. 2025
  • The crash killed all 64 people on board the airplane and the three soldiers on the helicopter.
    — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 30 Jan. 2025
  • There was not much the fish farm’s workers could do, other than pick it out and soldier on.
    — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2024
  • The three soldiers on the helicopter, who were on a training mission at the time, died as well.
    — Brian Brant, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
  • And still the piers have soldiered on — built, destroyed, rebuilt — some over more than a hundred years, and evolved through the three stages of pier life.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024
  • Another video showed an Israeli soldier on the rooftop, shooting at the prone body of a man.
    — Kareem Khadder, CNN, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Davis jumped up and soldiered on, chuckling about it later.
    — Mark Woolsey, ajc, 16 June 2023
  • The artist, who has every right to change their mind and soldier on — even if their instincts to stop touring were correct in the first place?
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The rest of the Hawks soldiered on with a rotating series of drummers into 1966.
    — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Now, Virgin Galactic plans to soldier on with just Eve for the time being.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2024
  • That said, if the deal doesn’t go through, Activision will soldier on with a balance sheet that is bolstered by $12.6 billion in cash on the books.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 31 May 2023
  • There were 64 people aboard the plane — 60 passengers and four crew members — and three soldiers on the helicopter.
    — Jordan Greene, People.com, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Israeli soldiers on August 31 found the bodies of another six hostages, this time in Rafah.
    — Mick Krever, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Ukrainian soldiers on the frontlines were also quick to point out the Patriots as a key piece of equipment that Ukraine cannot afford to lose.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Despite health scares, Whibley has soldiered on to ensure the farewell tour continues as planned.
    — Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 19 Dec. 2024
  • According to videos posted by fans, Swift soldiered on after the heel broke off of one of her glittery Christian Louboutin boots.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The crew, dispatched on the Andromeda, was composed of civilian divers and active-duty Ukrainian soldiers on leave from the front.
    — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The plane was carrying 60 passengers and four crew members, and the helicopter had three soldiers on board.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Some Russian cheerleaders of the war grumbled on social media that a deal with the United States could sell out the soldiers on the battlefield.
    — Anton Troianovski, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Russians at War provides a rare insight into life for Russian soldiers on the frontline in Ukraine.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Thomas is warned off the visit by the Transylvanian locals, but soldiers on.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Local Border Patrol agents know this terrain by memory, but many of the dozens of soldiers on site are from somewhere else.
    — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2025
  • The project soldiered on, during the course of which subsequent changes in Group 5 rules relegated the M1 to Group 4 competition.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 19 June 2023
  • Officials said there were no survivors, with all 64 people aboard the passenger plane and three soldiers on the helicopter killed.
    — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
  • Normand tries to soldier on with live commentary from the stage, but he, too, is escorted out of the building by security.
    — Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
  • See Chicago Dance moved its free pop-up performances to the summer in 2021, when dance outside had become one way to soldier on during the pandemic.
    — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024
  • Despite being past its prime, the diminutive Porsche soldiered on in competition through 1974.
    — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 24 July 2023
  • For any place suffering distress, Gdańsk is a shining example of how to soldier on against all odds, how to rebuild and hold one's head high in the face of adversity.
    — Danuta Hamlin, Fox News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • And while, with very few exceptions, no one with that level of fame ever has been unmasked, viewers soldier on, determined to see which who?s are revealed each week.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2024

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