How to Use guardsman in a Sentence

guardsman

noun
  • Guardsmen were deployed to the region.
  • The guardsmen were on a training mission at the time of the crash.
    Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The guardsmen and women will not be wearing masks.
    NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
  • The guardsman left the meeting not with a job but a set of handcuffs around his wrists.
    Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2024
  • The man fist-bumped several guardsmen and drove away.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
  • At its high point, the state sent 300 guardsmen to the island to help.
    Julia O'Donoghue, NOLA.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Some of the guardsmen say their training was hasty and limited.
    Dallas News, 29 June 2019
  • After holding the gun’s grips, a guardsman showed the boy a bullet that the gun fires.
    John Kuntz, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022
  • The guardsmen opened fire, killing four students and wounding nine others.
    Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 16 May 2018
  • In another video, the guardsman gave advice to a man with a little dog.
    Brian Dakss, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Many have offered to send their own state guardsmen to assist Abbott.
    Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 31 Mar. 2024
  • Opposing guardsmen curtly shake hands, and the border gates roll shut for the night.
    The Economist, 22 July 2017
  • As students defied the order, guardsmen fired tear gas into the crowd.
    National Geographic, 4 May 2020
  • The guardsmen opened fire after the man turned toward them with his weapon, the department said.
    Jack Brook, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2026
  • The names of the guardsmen have not yet been released, per the New York Times.
    Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The other guardsman, 24-year-old Staff Sgt.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Nov. 2025
  • The guardsmen and 25 other people were forced to abandon ship.
    Fox News, 12 Aug. 2019
  • The guardsman was found having attempted suicide but was saved.
    Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Nicholas Muhar told a little girl as she was swung by another guardsman into his grasp.
    Erin Ailworth, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2018
  • State officials said that the guardsmen would be deployed throughout the system over the course of about a week.
    Ana Ley, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Trump has not given a timetable for when guardsmen will end their DC deployment.
    Lalee Ibssa, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Coast Guard video showed the victim sitting on the roof of the truck while a guardsman was lowered down to pull them to safety.
    CBS News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Her other arm is wrapped around her 6-year-old son, Anthony, who is looking up at the guardsman.
    Leah Asmelash and Brian Ries, CNN, 26 July 2019
  • The guardsmen could carry pistols or rifles, one official said.
    Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
  • When the gas starts to fly, most pull back and leave the younger, angrier protesters to duke it out with national guardsmen for hours.
    Andrew Rosati, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2017
  • Just before noon, the guardsmen ordered the protesters to disperse.
    Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 4 May 2020
  • One at a time, they were transported out of the home to gain acceess to the roof where a guardsman was positioned to assist with the hoist.
    Gina Martinez, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2022
  • In April this year, the body of a Texas guardsman was recovered from the Rio Grande.
    Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • As Elizabeth approached the entrance, guardsmen crossed their rifles in front of her.
    Essence, 22 Mar. 2025
  • As Elizabeth approached the entrance, guardsmen crossed their rifles in front of her.
    Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025

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