LEGION in a Sentence
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18 example sentences for LEGION, such as:
1. Schools and legions clashed together.
2. The film star has a legion of admires.
3. This new film will please his legions of admirers.
4. He was empowered to raise two fresh legions as well as 20,000 infantry and 800 cavalry from allied States.
5. There were a great many guns bearing the numbers of the legions, few hats, no cravats, many bare arms, some pikes.
2. The film star has a legion of admires.
3. This new film will please his legions of admirers.
4. He was empowered to raise two fresh legions as well as 20,000 infantry and 800 cavalry from allied States.
5. There were a great many guns bearing the numbers of the legions, few hats, no cravats, many bare arms, some pikes.
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Meanings and Examples of LEGION
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legion
n. archaic terms for army
n. a vast multitude
Classic Sentence:
1 I have picked out the shakos of the fifth of the line, and the standard-bearers of the sixth legion.
2 This barricade, constructed as it was and admirably buttressed, was really one of those situations where a handful of men hold a legion in check.
3 His soldiers formed a legion of devil-may-care fellows, perfectly undisciplined toward all but himself.
4 Publicly and privately, it were much better for the age in which he lived, that he and the legion of whom he was one were designedly bad, than indifferent and purposeless.
5 A legion of fiends have occupied the bosom of the Jewess," replied the Templar; "for, I think no single one, not even Apollyon himself, could have inspired such indomitable pride and resolution.
6 All had helms on their heads, and lances and shields in their hands; they increased in numbers; and when Gerda had finished the Lord's Prayer, she was surrounded by a whole legion.
7 Windows were rattling, shutters flapping, and wind carousing, rumbling, and tumbling down the chimney, and, every once in a while, puffing out smoke and ashes, as if a legion of spirits were coming after them.
8 So Mr. Washington's cult has gained unquestioning followers, his work has wonderfully prospered, his friends are legion, and his enemies are confounded.
9 He arrives with his legions, superstitions, with his sword, despotism, with his banner, ignorance; a while ago, he won ten battles.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IV—THE TWO DUTIES: TO WATCH AND TO HOPE
10 Schools and legions clashed together.
11 Meanwhile the call to arms was beaten, the National Guard armed in haste, the legions emerged from the Mayoralities, the regiments from their barracks.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS
Context Highlight In BOOK 10: CHAPTER IV—THE EBULLITIONS OF FORMER DAYS
12 There were a great many guns bearing the numbers of the legions, few hats, no cravats, many bare arms, some pikes.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 12: CHAPTER IV—AN ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP
Context Highlight In BOOK 12: CHAPTER IV—AN ATTEMPT TO CONSOLE THE WIDOW HUCHELOUP
13 And between, the bracken was lifting its brown curled heads, like legions of young snakes with a new secret to whisper to Eve.
Example Sentence:
1 The film star has a legion of admires.
2 To her legion of steadfast admirers, the Nobel Peace Prize winner's ascendance to "sanctified" status may look as inevitable as it is justified.
3 He was empowered to raise two fresh legions as well as 20,000 infantry and 800 cavalry from allied States.
4 Greater Tokyo, with legions of wealthy retirees among its 35m residents, could handily outstrip tiny Singapore as a gambling hub.
5 This new film will please his legions of admirers.