VANGUARD in a Sentence
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14 example sentences for VANGUARD, such as:
1. He is in the vanguard of economic reform.
2. His vanguard was very feeble, and could accomplish nothing.
3. We are the vanguard of a tremendous army that is following us.
4. And here as in a game of blindman's buff the French ran into our vanguard.
5. It was of this detachment, sent as a vanguard, that our friend d'Artagnan formed a part.
2. His vanguard was very feeble, and could accomplish nothing.
3. We are the vanguard of a tremendous army that is following us.
4. And here as in a game of blindman's buff the French ran into our vanguard.
5. It was of this detachment, sent as a vanguard, that our friend d'Artagnan formed a part.
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Meanings and Examples of VANGUARD
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vanguard
n. advance forces; leading units at front of army or fleet; persons at forefront of any group or movement
Classic Sentence:
1 The night he received the news, Kutuzov sent Bagration's vanguard, four thousand strong, to the right across the hills from the Krems-Znaim to the Vienna-Znaim road.
2 The troops of the vanguard were stationed before Wischau, within sight of the enemy's lines, which all day long had yielded ground to us at the least firing.
3 The Emperor's gratitude was announced to the vanguard, rewards were promised, and the men received a double ration of vodka.
4 The officer snatched a little food at a comrade's, and rode again to the vanguard to find Miloradovich.
5 The prisoner said that the troops that had entered Forminsk that day were the vanguard of the whole army, that Napoleon was there and the whole army had left Moscow four days previously.
6 And here as in a game of blindman's buff the French ran into our vanguard.
7 It was mid-day before Bulow's vanguard had been able to reach Chapelle-Saint-Lambert.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BULOW
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BULOW
8 His vanguard was very feeble, and could accomplish nothing.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BULOW
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XI—A BAD GUIDE TO NAPOLEON; A GOOD GUIDE TO BULOW
9 It was of this detachment, sent as a vanguard, that our friend d'Artagnan formed a part.
10 All that Grimaud gained by this momentary pantomime was to pass from the rear guard to the vanguard.
11 At the sight there was a general reining up of horses and unslinging of guns, while fresh horsemen came galloping up to reinforce the vanguard.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER I. ON THE GREAT ALKALI PLAIN
12 They are the four vanguards of the human race, marching towards the four cardinal points of progress.
Example Sentence:
1 We are the vanguard of a tremendous army that is following us.
2 He is in the vanguard of economic reform.