Examples of infantry in a Sentence

He joined the infantry after leaving school.

Recent Examples on the Web My father fought under Gen. Patton’s Third Army armored infantry and received a Silver Star and a Purple Heart. — WSJ, 15 June 2022 While serving in Afghanistan as an Army infantry lieutenant, Brown was wounded by a roadside bomb attack and was sent to Texas to recover from his severe burn injuries. — Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 14 June 2022 The artillery is followed by masses of armor supported by infantry. — Mac William Bishop, Rolling Stone, 12 June 2022 Lukashenko did not give details, but battalion tactical groups typically consist of mechanized infantry including tanks. — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022 They are being used to great effect to suppress Russian positions and allow Ukrainian infantry counterattacks in the Donbas region. — Patrick Galey, NBC News, 13 May 2022 But over the last several days, Ukrainian forces have advanced outward from the city, launching a concerted offensive to the north and east that began with heavy shelling and an infantry assault supported by tanks and other armored vehicles. — New York Times, 6 May 2022 The war has seen relatively few infantry engagements or tank-on-tank battles; Russia, rather, is concentrating overwhelming artillery power on relatively small areas to blast its way forward in a path of grave destruction. — Anchorage Daily News, 4 June 2022 The war has seen relatively few infantry engagements or tank-on-tank battles; Russia, rather, is concentrating overwhelming artillery power on relatively small areas to blast its way forward in a path of grave destruction. — Paul Sonne, Washington Post, 4 June 2022 See More

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