How to Use armed forces in a Sentence

armed forces

plural noun

• The meatball was the product of a culture similar to that of the armed forces.
  — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• The decree ordered the armed forces to neutralize the groups.
  — Julia Symmes Cobb and Rosalba O'Brien, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024
• There’s a reason a 14 or 15-year old does not have the right to drive, does not have the right to vote, does not have the right to serve in the armed forces.
  — Kat Tenbarge, NBC News, 27 Mar. 2024
• Klimek: When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Black men were not allowed to enlist in the armed forces.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
• Conn observes how this has fused rural people to the armed forces.
  — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
• Meanwhile, the commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, Col.-Gen.
  — Felipe Dana and Jim Heintz, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2023
• But clearly, the momentum is with the Ukrainian armed forces.
  — ABC News, 11 July 2023
• Because the Russians are trying to crush Ukraine, crush it with the weight of their armed forces, their size and their equipment.
  — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
• Twice a year, all members of the U.S. armed forces must pass a physical fitness test.
  — Ben Kesling, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2023
• Russian troops hadn’t achieved any new gains in the Bakhmut area the past day, according to the general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces.
  — Marcus Walker, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
• The answer may lie in the complex relationship that Russians have with the armed forces.
  — Jennifer Mathers, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2023
• No members of the armed forces or the federal police had been involved.
  — Alma Guillermoprieto, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
• No nuclear power plant in the world is designed to withstand full-fledged fire from the armed forces.
  — Mia Alberti, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
• And the state has managed, by hook and by crook, to continue recruiting men into the armed forces.
  — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 15 Feb. 2024
• Engaged in constant combat for days on end, the armed forces quickly ran short of supplies.
  — WIRED, 6 July 2023
• In other words, the fastest-growing group in Israeli society does not serve in its armed forces.
  — Yair Rosenberg, The Atlantic, 15 Mar. 2024
• Ali had been stripped of his world heavyweight champion title in 1967 for refusing to serve in the armed forces.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2023
• Advertisement Watch veterans of the armed forces past and present and then enjoy a bite at one of the cafes and eateries that line the parade route.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Nov. 2023
• The building sits next to a memorial that honors members of local armed forces.
  — Megan Burrow and Nhung Nguyen, USA TODAY, 28 Mar. 2023
• Lebanon’s army is just one of many armed forces in the country, which include Shiite groups like Hezbollah that control large parts of the south and northeast.
  — Hwaida Saad, New York Times, 31 July 2023
• The Israeli armed forces were caught off guard by a relatively low-tech ground assault.
  — WSJ, 12 Oct. 2023
• In 1976, the Argentine armed forces staged a coup against the president of Argentina, Isabel Perón.
  — Tope Folarin, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2023
• Kyiv must rely on its Western partners for help equipping its armed forces.
  — Branislav L. Slantchev, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024
• Even with this development in the armed forces, Black men in the Marine Corps were not trusted with being on the front lines or in active battle.
  — Maya Eaglin, NBC News, 3 Mar. 2023
• However, the government statement added that around fifty of the attackers were killed by Malian armed forces.
  — Teele Rebane, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023
• Criminal cases are being opened under the article of fake news about the armed forces.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 2 Feb. 2024
• The highest levels of the Ukrainian armed forces will need to order troops to exchange more information.
  — Mick Ryan, Foreign Affairs, 5 Feb. 2024
• Elvis’s latest overseas tour in the armed forces begins January 26.
  — Vulture, 9 Nov. 2023
• The same Congresses allowed Black men into some (but not all) branches of the armed forces, but only in segregated units.
  — Stephen Siegel, The New Republic, 21 July 2023
• The drop was one of eight that day by Jordan’s armed forces in collaboration with other nations.
  — Michael birnbaum, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 6 May 2024