SOLDIERS in a Sentence

Learn SOLDIERS 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.
393 example sentences for SOLDIERS, such as:
1. The soldiers armed for the battle.
2. The drummer beat the soldiers to arms.
3. It was the state of the soldiers' boots.
4. Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.
5. The soldiers launched into a violent attack.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of SOLDIERS
soldier
 n.  an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army
 n.  a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Likewise, as the effect of last night's doings, a whole squadron of soldiers seemed to be camping on my chest, and giving me a flogging.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV
2  Among the latter was a long engraving of a battle scene, wherein soldiers in three-cornered hats were brandishing huge drums and slender lances.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI
3  Tchinovniks were retired wholesale, and the houses were sequestrated to the Government, or else converted into various pious institutions and schools for soldiers' children.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
4  Some sledge-drivers standing by were talking about her to some soldiers and telling them so.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: VI
5  The soldiers rushed out of the guard-house and saluted.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT III
6  He has taken the bread out of our mouths by quartering soldiers on us, so that you might as well put your neck in a noose.
The Inspector General By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In ACT IV
7  It was the state of the soldiers' boots.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
8  The regimental commander, going up to the line himself, ordered the soldiers to change into their greatcoats.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
9  Kutuzov walked through the ranks, sometimes stopping to say a few friendly words to officers he had known in the Turkish war, sometimes also to the soldiers.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
10  "A cup of vodka for the men from me," he added so that the soldiers could hear.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
11  The cheerful mood of their officers after the inspection infected the soldiers.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
12  The soldiers' voices could be heard on every side.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
13  The soldiers, swinging their arms and keeping time spontaneously, marched with long steps.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
14  Each time Prince Nesvitski tried to move on, soldiers and carts pushed him back again and pressed him against the railings, and all he could do was to smile.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
15  But the convoyman took no notice of the word "general" and shouted at the soldiers who were blocking his way.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
Example Sentence: (183 in 13 pages)
1  According to eyewitness accounts, soldiers opened fire on the crowd.
2  The gallant soldiers lost their lives so that peace might reign again.
3  His soldiers were arrayed along the river bank.
4  The embattled president also denied recent claims that he was being held hostage by his own soldiers.
5  The soldiers launched into a violent attack.
6  The soldiers barricaded the streets to prevent an attack.
7  Doctors tried to attend to the worst injured soldiers first.
8  The author tells of a remarkable encounter with a group of South Vietnamese soldiers.
9  Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.
10  Women soldiers will join their male counterparts at the army base.
11  The soldiers were put through eight weeks of basic training.
12  The soldiers armed for the battle.
13  Our soldiers have entrenched themselves behind the battle lines.
14  Our soldiers beat back all the attacks of the enemy.
15  The drummer beat the soldiers to arms.