How to Use basic training in a Sentence

basic training

noun

• Our son is in basic training.
• The first thing he was told in basic training was not to get captured.
  — Suzanne Baker, chicagotribune.com, 27 Feb. 2021
• The cast and crew filmed the basic training scenes at Fort Knox.
  — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 25 Aug. 2021
• The goal of basic training is not just upskilling but readiness.
  — Diane Brady, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
• Tirado made it through weeks of basic training for the Air Force.
  — Cassandra Jaramillo, Dallas News, 16 June 2021
• Have the rhythms of basic training stayed the same over the years, or is that just how they’re depicted on screen?
  — Vulture, 21 Nov. 2022
• Billy was about to leave for a five-month stint in basic training and technical school.
  — Caroline Kitchener, Washington Post, 20 June 2022
• Some of the members were on their first assignment out of basic training.
  — W.j. Hennigan, Time, 12 June 2020
• The guards must go through basic training with the Swiss Armed Forces.
  — al, 9 Aug. 2019
• The basic training runs for a month, and takes place multiple times over the summer.
  — Thomas Prior, Curbed, 29 Aug. 2022
• That person hasn’t yet gone to basic training, but will likely do so in the coming months.
  — Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2018
• The person has signed a contract but not yet started basic training.
  — NBC News, 27 Feb. 2018
• The Marines are still going through some basic training about the standard rules of force.
  — Nbc News, NBC news, 12 June 2025
• The death of his beloved mother, Gladys, midway through basic training camp was a huge blow.
  — Jonathan Gold, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2018
• At 14, my cousin sent me a hand grenade pin from basic training at Fort Dix.
  — Stan Godlewski, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2025
• Cameron struggles with basic training.
  — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025
• The four of us stayed together through basic training before we were sent to other bases.
  — Sue Ellen Ross, Post-Tribune, 3 June 2019
• That would have meant fall 2019, and re-starting basic training.
  — Sam Blum, Dallas News, 18 Nov. 2020
• The decision to add Keesler to the mix of basic training was historic.
  — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 16 Nov. 2020
• That's barely enough to get them out of basic training and into a unit, Petraeus said.
  — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
• Lichter said the denial would upset Luna, who's now in basic training.
  — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025
• Up until 1955, there were Army ranges used for basic training at the site.
  — Steve Sadin, chicagotribune.com, 19 May 2021
• At basic training, your dog will learn how to walk on a leash, how to perform sit and down commands, crate training and recall.
  — Alexandra Maloney, Charlotte Observer, 6 June 2024
• Young men from all walks of life were thrown together in basic training and learned very rapidly how to get along and function as a unit.
  — WSJ, 17 Nov. 2020
• The young man has since graduated and is about to begin Army basic training.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 12 Oct. 2020
• Thousands of war veterans who have settled in the area come back on base to sit next to young men and women fresh from basic training.
  — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Nov. 2021
• In recognition, he was allowed to complete three weeks of basic training instead.
  — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 16 June 2026
• O'Neil has enlisted in the Navy and will start basic training this summer.
  — Sequoia Carrillo, NPR, 20 Feb. 2026
• His job was to give basic training to over 8,000 Ukrainian soldiers.
  — Holly Williams, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
• In a jungle in the borderlands of Myanmar, the troops sweated through basic training.
  — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2021