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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a shadowy army" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a mysterious or secretive group, often in a military or combative context.
Example: "The village was haunted by tales of a shadowy army that roamed the night, seeking vengeance for past wrongs."
Alternatives: "a mysterious force" or "an elusive battalion".
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"Its people were forced into the role of teenagers hiding their vices and proclivities from a shadowy army of parents".
The Weird Sisters are whispers, emerging from a shadowy army that stands behind him on the battlefield, as if the forces of evil are voices in his head.
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This is a blasted, haunted landscape, populated by demonic child soldiers and a shadowy guerrilla army that slaughters in the bush or under the cover of night.
On the other hand Prime Minister Erdogan and his supporters argue his government - popularly elected - represents modern democratic Turkey, tolerant of moderate Islam, and must protect itself from those seeking a return to Turkey's past history of military coups and shadowy army influence.
Miss Bhutto blamed senior army officers with Jihadist sympathies for that attack.Alas, her supporters are now likely to blame her killing on the same shadowy army elite.
Such is the Russian business environment today that the men at the top often have use for the shadowy army of killers and thugs who work further down in the scale of corruption, running prostitutes and protection rackets.
Even Mr Kilicdaroglu's most avid fans are unhappy about his decision to field two candidates from the so-called Ergenekon gang, a shadowy network of army officers and coup-mongers accused of plotting to overthrow the government.
Following the attack, Bhutto, who was convinced that a shadowy cabal of retired army officers and Islamic militant sympathisers was behind the strike, told close associates that the deal with Musharraf was off.
And the Baluch Liberation Army, a shadowy terrorist group, said by the army to be financed by India, may refuse to negotiate.
The film may be set in AD859, but with its depiction of an imperial army ruthlessly tracking down a shadowy terrorist organisation, it too has obvious contemporary resonance.
In April, a shadowy pro-government group that calls itself "the cyber army" shut down Mr. Najafi's Web site.
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