How to Use armed in a Sentence
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The armed men then fled the scene.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
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There are armed men in the school building.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 Apr. 2026
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Now Trump wants to send armed troops to walk our streets.
—Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
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By then, six armed agents were milling about the parking lot.
—Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
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Or how many people die due to armed conflict?
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 13 June 2026
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The police chief would not say whether Nadeau was still armed.
—Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 21 Sep. 2025
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One day, Annie spots a group of six armed men at the gates.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
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Then the guard came into her shower armed.
—Matt Bradley, NBC news, 14 May 2026
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Now armed with all that data, let’s get ranking!
—Stephen J. Nesbitt, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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Troopers found an armed person at the scene.
—Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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Why are armed agents on the job at a lovely life-cycle event?
—Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2026
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Most times, these calls do not warrant an armed response.
—Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026
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The armed man was shot in the hand, left and and upper abdomen.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 May 2026
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No one was hurt and the armed suspects fled the scene, police said.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2025
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In them, an armed man in a face mask can be seen wearing a backpack.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
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Iran has funded, armed, trained and inspired the group for four decades.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
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Lebanon has a peace framework built around an armed group that refused to sign it.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
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The guests were now armed with the freedom to schmooze—and not a moment too soon.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
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There are armed troops on the streets in America.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 20 Jan. 2026
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None of this is to say that policing an armed society is easy.
—The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
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Police said a struggle ensued and shots were fired at the armed man.
—Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
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The group is lightly armed and many of their fighters are young women.
—Holly Williams, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
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But the good news is, we’re armed with ever more powerful tools.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 4 May 2026
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The armed men are then seen pulling a fourth Israeli soldier from the tank.
—Hadas Gold, CNN, 7 Oct. 2023
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Police said they were approached by three armed men who opened fire into the car.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
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In the video, armed agents could be seen carrying victims away.
—Luke Barr, ABC News, 25 Sep. 2025
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Her uncle, a member of one of Nablus’s armed groups, had been killed.
—Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2023
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The police released a sketch of the armed robber.
—Asal Rezaei, CBS News, 3 Feb. 2026
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The footage showed a masked and armed man outside of the missing woman’s home.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2026
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Scores of armed guards in riot gear formed a tunnel as they were led inside the prison.
—Nick Penzenstadler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
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