enlisted
adjective
Examples of enlisted in a Sentence
Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
Only one Japanese officer and 16 enlisted men surrendered; the rest of the garrison died in combat or by suicide.
—Natasha Frost Maud Bodoukian Meyrant, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
Jim Funk was a 25-year-old enlisted man at home on leave for the 4th of July holiday.
—David Murray, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
But the book that spoke to me most directly was Theodore Roszak’s The Making of a Counter Culture, given to me by Alton Wesley Powell, an enlisted man who worked as a clerk at the training center in San Diego and became a close friend.
—Jackson Lears, Harper's Magazine, 9 June 2023
Nietor said his client left that world for several years but went back to it for financial reasons after gaining full custody of his young daughter while living on the wages of an enlisted Marine.
—Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
The enlisted Marines – Cpl.
—Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2023
Army spokeswoman, Heather J. Hagan, notes that before joining the Army as an enlisted Soldier, all recruits are required to pass the Army’s Occupational Physical Assessment Test after swearing in and before the individual begins initial entry training.
—Eric Tegler, Forbes, 25 July 2022
In 1993, he was executed in Virginia for the murder of Petty Officer 2nd Class Melissa Harrington, a 27-year-old enlisted sailor within his Virginia Beach Navy unit who had reported him to her command for stalking and harassment.
—Hope Hodge Seck, Washington Post, 28 June 2022
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1724, in the meaning defined above
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