How to Use invasion in a Sentence

invasion

noun

• The town is gearing up for the annual tourist invasion.
• The people live under a constant threat of invasion.
• The enemy launched an invasion.
• The performance, of course, was a hit, and before long, the British rock ‘n’ roll invasion had begun.
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
• Now the ground invasion is expected to expand into parts of the south.
  — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• Ukraine may be facing the toughest chapter of its war since the first days of Russia’s invasion.
  — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2024
• That war has so far included a series of airstrikes as well as a ground invasion.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
• Some, such has the land mines strewn across Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, are meant to lie dormant.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
• Celeste was taken from her home on the day of the invasion and was killed on the way to Gaza, said her uncle, who didn’t know more of the circumstances of her death.
  — WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
• One need look no further than the American invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
  — Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
• Tom Cruise stars in this massive-scale alien invasion epic, with Dakota Fanning along for the ride as his daughter.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 4 Aug. 2023
• Before the Spanish invasion in the 15th century, the Guanche would climb the mountain every summer with their flocks of goats.
  — Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2023
• Punakha Dzong is among the most beautiful fortresses in Bhutan, built at the confluence of two rivers to thwart invasions from Tibet.
  — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 8 June 2023
• Drones have played a major role in Ukraine’s war against Russia’s invasion and in Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
  — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
• The Israeli military said at least 256 soldiers have been killed since the ground invasion of Gaza began.
  — NBC News, 5 Apr. 2024
• The story centers on a young woman living on the outskirts of a galaxy who must find a group of warriors to save the galaxy from an invasion from a tyrant.
  — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 12 Nov. 2023
• Israel’s invasion of the south, which started in early December, has forced people to move every few days to stay out of the line of fire.
  — Adam Rasgon, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2023
• That compares with a year-ago net loss of €535.1 million, when Wizz was hit by a surge in fuel prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  — Kate Duffy, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2023
• She’s given the task of finding warriors who can fend off an impending invasion by an evil despot.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 Aug. 2023
• The following month, her friends counter-sued him for invasion of privacy.
  — Sanya Mansoor, Time, 26 July 2023
• The next year, with February’s full-scale invasion, the premiere set for May was postponed until the war’s eventual end.
  — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
• In Gaza, people are on the move from Gaza City and elsewhere, fearing an expecting Israeli invasion.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• But how Hamas’ defeat will be measured and an invasion’s endgame remain unclear.
  — Isabel Debre, Julia Frankel, and Sam Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2023
• The quandary over how to fill the ranks has confronted Zelensky with perhaps the greatest challenge to his leadership since the start of the February 2022 invasion.
  — Siobhán O'Grady, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
• In the fields near Gaza, troops, tanks, and armored personnel had started to establish positions for the planned ground invasion.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2023
• The oil and gas industry enjoyed a stellar summer in 2022, driven by tight supply linked to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, pushing prices to new heights.
  — Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 27 July 2023
• Russia's invasion of Ukraine has made Japan more worried about China trying to move on Taiwan.
  — Selina Wang, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2024
• India, which has continued to buy oil and weapons from Russia, has not publicly condemned the Russian invasion.
  — Toluse Olorunnipa, Ellen Nakashima, Gerry Shih and Abigail Hauslohner, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 22 June 2023
• The global diamond industry has been overhauled by the invasion of Ukraine.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 4 Jan. 2024
• Last year’s winners were announced in London after the host city was changed from Moscow, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
  — Adam Robb, Travel + Leisure, 20 June 2023

Last Updated: 7 May 2024