How to Use corps in a Sentence

corps

noun
  • But as a group, the defense corps has been crushed.
    Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
  • And the defense corps has been a huge part of that.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2025
  • The press corps, which made up roughly half the crowd, couldn’t look away.
    WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The Air joins a small corps of high-end electric sedans.
    James Raia, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
  • Their defensive corps is big, strong and skates well.
    Frank Rajkowski, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
  • His receiving corps wasn’t of much help.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Now, one of the corps’ three senior leaders says things have changed.
    New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Their defense corps looked good but didn’t make the plays when they were needed.
    Dylan Bumbarger, oregonlive, 8 May 2022
  • The stakes are high, and the press corps is standing up to meet the moment.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 15 June 2026
  • The White House press corps will get its chance to question him.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2021
  • They are believed to be the first in the corps to test positive.
    NBC News, 12 Oct. 2020
  • Do you guys think the Avs are done changing up the defense corps?
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 16 July 2025
  • The tight end helped make up for many of the issues in the receiving corps.
    Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Harvey formed powerful bonds in the corps that still burn hot in his heart.
    Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 26 Oct. 2020
  • The defense corps looks more really good and less great, now.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Michell’s dark stars and Laplace’s corps obscurs faded from the world of ideas.
    Big Think, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That’s a good sign for the linebacking corps, which has been banged up and needs its young players to come through.
    cleveland, 18 Oct. 2020
  • The receiver corps needs to do a better job of stretching the field.
    Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 16 Sep. 2021
  • The corps is committed to seeing the work through until the end.
    Dan McGowan, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2021
  • There sat the White House press corps on the sidelines, speechless.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 18 May 2021
  • The Lions got no big plays out of their linebacking corps, either.
    Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Now the team needs to shift its focus to the linebacking corps, and that’s where Collins comes in.
    Scott Patsko, cleveland, 13 Apr. 2021
  • There was so much interest in that game, and the Penn State press corps.
    Josh Newman, The Salt Lake Tribune, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The linebacking corps could be the strength of the Northlake defense.
    Jim Derry, NOLA.com, 30 Sep. 2020
  • The highlight of the relief corps’ day was its newest member.
    Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The deep and versatile group is among one of the league’s best relief corps, and the past week has shown that.
    Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Colorado’s defense corps has been immense this season when the top-six guys are healthy.
    Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Lemon would not merely be the big fish in a small pond, but the only fish among the receiving corps.
    Michael Salfino, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The two men shook hands and exchanged pleasantries in front of the White House press corps.
    New York Times, 11 Apr. 2022
  • The receiving corps is the best of the Freeman era, by a wide margin.
    Pete Sampson, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025

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