Examples of militiaman in a Sentence
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When the group finally finds Jessie, she is being held at gunpoint with another journalist in an open field by a small cadre of militiamen who have been dumping dead bodies from a truck into a crude mass grave.
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
When the marauding militiamen arrived at her door on that morning in April 1994, Florence Mukantaganda knew there was nowhere to run.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
For an entire week, cliques of Palestinian militiamen thwarted the Israeli military by dodging through the winding alleyways, squat buildings, and underground tunnels before ambushing Israeli forces.
—Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2023
The incident became a rallying cry for right-wing activists and militiamen, who see themselves as locked in conflict with a tyrannical regime.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
For example, when Iraqi Shia militiamen were recently recalled from the Lebanese-Syrian frontier to fight ISIS in Iraq, Syrian opposition forces quickly reappeared, retook part of the area, and continued to stage hit-and-run attacks.
—Andrew J. Tabler, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2014
For days before the attack on July 6, 1964, expectations grew that the North Vietnamese would attempt to overrun the camp — defended by more than 300 South Vietnamese soldiers and local militiamen, the American unit and an Australian military adviser.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
The militiaman symbolize the citizen-soldier who help maintain American liberties.
—Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
The most sadistic guards were often the Donbas militiamen.
—James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024
When the marauding militiamen arrived at her door on that morning in April 1994, Florence Mukantaganda knew there was nowhere to run.
—Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2024
For an entire week, cliques of Palestinian militiamen thwarted the Israeli military by dodging through the winding alleyways, squat buildings, and underground tunnels before ambushing Israeli forces.
—Sarah E. Parkinson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Nov. 2023
The incident became a rallying cry for right-wing activists and militiamen, who see themselves as locked in conflict with a tyrannical regime.
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2024
For example, when Iraqi Shia militiamen were recently recalled from the Lebanese-Syrian frontier to fight ISIS in Iraq, Syrian opposition forces quickly reappeared, retook part of the area, and continued to stage hit-and-run attacks.
—Andrew J. Tabler, Foreign Affairs, 25 June 2014
For days before the attack on July 6, 1964, expectations grew that the North Vietnamese would attempt to overrun the camp — defended by more than 300 South Vietnamese soldiers and local militiamen, the American unit and an Australian military adviser.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2024
The militiaman symbolize the citizen-soldier who help maintain American liberties.
—Olivia Munson, The Courier-Journal, 5 Jan. 2024
The most sadistic guards were often the Donbas militiamen.
—James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
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militiaman
noun
mi·li·tia·man
mə-ˈlish-ə-mən 
: a member of a militia
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