How to Use deploy in a Sentence

deploy

verb
  • The troops were deployed for battle.
  • The boat's sails were not fully deployed.
  • Equipment and supplies have been deployed across the country.
  • Two scientists were deployed to study the problem.
  • The parachute failed to deploy properly.
  • Both campaigns are deploying volunteers to the cities to encourage people to vote.
  • They plan to deploy more American soldiers over the next six months.
  • He deploys several arguments to prove his point.
  • Wait several seconds before deploying the parachute.
  • The vote will take place in a staggered process that allows the government to deploy tens of thousands of troops to prevent any outbreak of violence.
    Aijaz Hussain, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2024
  • Records also show that Walz retired before his battalion was mobilized and deployed to Iraq.
    Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The car rolled over and airbags deployed, the NPS said.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • The steering wheel jerked to the right, then to the left, and the airbags deployed seconds before the car jumped the curb and slammed into the business.
    Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 14 Aug. 2023
  • When pressed, the Corvette E-Ray’s power is prodigious, and the car has plenty of grip to deploy it.
    Tim Stevens, Robb Report, 13 Oct. 2023
  • That meant DeSantis was deploying his stump speech for the first time — and the second, and the third, and more.
    Isabelle Schmeler, NBC News, 5 June 2023
  • In a January 2017 crash, her air bag did not deploy, and her seat belt didn’t lock.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 10 July 2024
  • Use native site building tools, or deploy JavaScript, Python, and more to build your own.
    Stackcommerce Team, PCMAG, 4 Sep. 2023
  • If the Las Vegas test is a success, it may be deployed to more airports in the future.
    Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2023
  • When the suspect still refused to exit, the K-9, a Dutch shepherd named Rex, was deployed.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2023
  • That's exactly what happens to a race car when a drag chute—a small parachute that comes out of the back—is deployed.
    Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
  • Mayor Meghan George said this was the first time the fire department had to deploy swift-water rescue to I-90.
    John Benson, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2023
  • If the collision is severe enough, air bags might deploy, too.
    WIRED, 19 Nov. 2023
  • If snowfall totals go above two inches, plows are deployed throughout the city to clear the roadways.
    The Courier-Journal, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Police deployed in force to the area three months ago to crack down on dealers, who can be and are being arrested.
    Catarina Fernandes Martins, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • So far, Venezuela has not deployed any additional forces to the border.
    Genevieve Glatsky, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • The decision to deploy in Haiti was not made by America.
    Abc News, ABC News, 24 May 2024
  • The National Guard would be deployed and, if necessary, US troops as well.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 19 May 2024
  • Upon arriving, the crew decided that the best way to reach the dog was to deploy a rescue swimmer.
    oregonlive, 15 June 2023
  • By late March, Russia begins pulling its troops back from Kyiv and deploying them to other parts of the country.
    Sammy Westfall, Washington Post, 9 June 2023
  • The crew got special permission to deploy Indian dhol drums and dance on the red carpet.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023

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