How to Use raid in a Sentence

raid

1 of 2 noun

• They caught five smugglers in the raid.
• They launched a raid against the enemy.
• Weapons were also seized during the drug raid.
• Reeves had said the tax raid was a one-off.
  — Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
• The raid left the building a wreck.
  — Michael Loria, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
• No charges were filed after the raid.
  — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 19 Mar. 2026
• The raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
  — Tamara Keith, NPR, 4 June 2026
• Anyone who does not die in the raids will die of hunger and thirst.
  — Edith Olmsted, The New Republic, 17 Oct. 2023
• Read more about Gabbard’s role in the raid here.
  — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 30 Jan. 2026
• Turkey has carried out such raids in the past.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
• There was already a chill in the air before last week’s raid.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
• Brown was caught after the raid failed and charged with treason.
  — Christopher Tremoglie, The Washington Examiner, 25 Sep. 2025
• No one was arrested in the raids.
  — Nick Lentz, CBS News, 26 June 2026
• For weeks, as the raids continued, the staff kept it up.
  — Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 28 May 2026
• And the use of ground troops would probably be along the line of raids.
  — CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
• Air-raid sirens are blaring across the region.
  — Rania Abouzeid, New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2026
• No arrests are made during the raids.
  — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
• The rapper was not home at the time of the raid, but his then-wife filmed it on her phone.
  — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 19 Mar. 2026
• Within days, the farm raids ended.
  — Anna Giaritelli, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2026
• Some of the people huddled by the long rows of ovens were said to have fled the raid.
  — Equal Justice Initiative, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
• But Trump’s Venezuela raid has brought us a big step closer.
  — Comfort Ero, Time, 9 Jan. 2026
• The raid took over two hours, and the catering and boat crew were asked to show their papers.
  — Thomas Kennedy, Sun Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2026
• No one saw this Georgia raid coming.
  — State Rep. Matt Blumenthal, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2026
• Mejías fainted during the raid.
  — Meg Anderson, NPR, 27 May 2026
• For the birds seized in the raid, the future was deeply uncertain.
  — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 22 Apr. 2026
• Both raids took place on Thursday, and no soldiers were killed.
  — Arkansas Online, 31 Jan. 2026
• Most were destroyed in a raid, though a few fragments survive.
  — Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
• But the fear of ICE raids spread quickly.
  — Corey Williams, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
• In that raid, police seized the couple’s cellphones and two firearms.
  — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
• But in recent weeks, the raids have left the camp, an area of less than half a square mile, battered.
  — Hiba Yazbek, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023

raid

2 of 2 verb

• Police raided the house and found drugs.
• She raided her sister's closet to find something to wear to the party.
• The village was raided often by neighboring tribes.
• Federal agents raided the warehouse, seizing stolen property and arresting five smugglers.
• Why was his house raided in the first place?
  — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
• The police set off to raid the premises.
  — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 6 Nov. 2025
• Some owls will hunt the wildlife that raids our garbage cans, like skunks and opossums.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2026
• God guide my words Sohaib was right; the feds did raid them.
  — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 12 May 2026
• People were raiding stores and so forth.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
• Soon after, the police raid their home.
  — Allison Degrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
• Who knew that raiding the fridge and pantry could taste like a million bucks.
  — Maggie Meyer Glisan, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 May 2026
• So they got raided quite often.
  — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 26 Feb. 2026
• Want to stop raiding the fridge every night before bed?
  — Dr. Deepika Chopra, Flow Space, 16 June 2026
• Both animals have long claws and sharp teeth, but sloth bears use theirs to raid bee hives and dig for grubs.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 21 Feb. 2024
• Grattan arranged for the dance to be raided but for Patrick to go free.
  — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
• Or at least a great excuse to raid your mother or grandmother’s wardrobe.
  — Glenys Johnson, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
• Did any of you believe that Jack was really gonna raid his dad’s safe for her?
  — The Editors, Vulture, 1 Sep. 2023
• What better way to honor your mom at her cabaret act premiere than to raid her closet — right?
  — Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 31 May 2026
• His newspaper was also raided at the time and closed.
  — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 6 Mar. 2026
• The couple had four eggs this season, but two were destroyed when their nest was raided by ravens.
  — Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
• Sukhmati described how her comrades would raid police stations to steal weapons.
  — Dhruv Tikekar, CNN Money, 30 May 2026
• Jensen also found time to check in with his parents and, like any 22-year-old, raid the fridge.
  — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2026
• Criminals who steal these keys can raid the boxes for checks, cash and other valuables.
  — The Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2024
• Taco Bell is raiding its vault and bringing fans along for the re-exploration.
  — Sonal Dutt, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
• Months later, his apartment was raided and a criminal case was opened against him.
  — Dasha Litvinova, ajc, 21 Apr. 2023
• And try not to raid your retirement savings for a household expense.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 26 June 2026
• Management announced that the club had been raided.
  — Julio Capó, Sun Sentinel, 16 Apr. 2026
• Even rural birds manage to find some human items, most likely by raiding farm bins or garages.
  — ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
• Even the rural birds were willing to raid farm garages and trash bins to upgrade their collections.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 June 2026
• But my house was raided also, called Mar-a-Lago.
  — ABC News, 24 Aug. 2025