How to Use regiment in a Sentence

regiment

noun
  • The Black regiment had been stripped of most of its heavy equipment by white crews and had been forced to do most of its work by hand.
    David James, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The new regiment is expected to be up and running by 2025, but the sooner the better.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Soldiers from the regiment -- known as Sentinels -- keep solemn watch at the Tomb all day and night, 365 days a year, in any weather.
    ABC News, 30 May 2022
  • His regiment served in the New York area throughout its service.
    Hartford Courant, 12 May 2022
  • The regiment was deployed to South Korea from Japan on July 4, and the war was not going well.
    Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 30 Aug. 2022
  • The visit came to an end with Kate viewing a demonstration of the weapon systems used by the regiment.
    Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Parts of their regiment were formed on order of Oliver Cromwell.
    Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The parade marks Kate's second outing with the Irish Guards since becoming colonel of the regiment.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Mar. 2023
  • When the regiment departed Oyster Bay in May, Liss ran away with them.
    Claire Bellerjeau and Tiffany Yecke Brooks, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 May 2022
  • The Blues and Royals are one of seven regiments that comprise the Household Calvary.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Each regiment will be taking six hour shifts in rotation as part of the inner guard.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The image shows a regimental goat that serves as a mascot for a Welsh infantry regiment that is part of the British Army.
    Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The littoral regiment will have about 2,000 troops total, and have long-range fire abilities that can hit ships.
    Edward Wong, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2023
  • While soldiers from the regiment guard the royal family and its palaces, they are also deployed all over the world.
    Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 29 May 2022
  • The littoral regiment will have about 2,000 troops total and long-range fire abilities that can hit ships.
    Edward Wong, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
  • Both Harold and his post-war legal associate Milton (Chris Rock) served in that regiment, the 369th.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2022
  • Bologne went on to fight in the French Revolution, leading France’s first all-Black regiment.
    Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
  • The Kremlin has seized on the regiment’s far-right origins in its drive to to cast the invasion as a battle against Nazi influence in Ukraine.
    Elena Becatoros, Chicago Tribune, 21 May 2022
  • Next: Peel up the street cobbles and stack them any which way—so long as the bulwark is tall enough to hide a regiment of street fighters and a squadron of women with rocks in their aprons.
    James Robins, The New Republic, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Watch on Kyiv had plans to equip two Kub regiments with 10 batteries between them.
    Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 30 Aug. 2023
  • In a statement to NBC News, his regiment expressed its condolences and said the girls had raised funds to support the military.
    Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The Stray Dogs came across as a cohesive regiment, a black-and-white template with pops of color from wigs and unique accessories.
    Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The queen's company are a step above regular grenadier guards, although this is still a senior regiment of the British army.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The re-enactors have their own traveling regiments and most of the soldiers are required to be able to flip and play whichever side of the war is needed.
    al, 6 Mar. 2023
  • His regiment of Harlem musicians, including Sissle, shipped out to fight in France in 1917.
    Bill Beuttler, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The royal couple met the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards in William’s first visit since becoming colonel of the regiment.
    Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Glamour, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Her mother, Ilia, grew up in Bari, and met Warner’s father when his regiment was deployed in Italy, in 1944.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 26 June 2022
  • Once the enemy is on the ropes, the MLR can advance again, its infantry leapfrogging to the next island, the regiment’s missile forces following along.
    Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 6 July 2023
  • Not far away, the pipes and drums of the London Scottish regiment sounded, ahead of the brief military ceremony—and two minutes of silence—to mark the Armistice at eleven o’clock.
    Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2023
  • By fall, 14-year-old Julian Gudgell was determined to join a proper regiment.
    Frances M. Clarke and Rebecca Jo Plant, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2023

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