Sentence examples for a sizable army from inspiring English sources

Whenever the Dodgers are playing at home, a sizable army of children assembles just beyond the fence.

One day later, Wikler and a sizable army of activists were still dazed, and a little nervous.

The local chiefs of conquered areas ruled as personal appointees of the kabaka, who had a sizable army at his disposal.

An early clue was the nature of the rockets themselves: All were practice rounds — fitted with removable, nonlethal warheads of the type used in military training — and the large quantity suggested that the purchaser had a sizable army with many thousands of recruits.

Realizing the need for a sizable standing army and in order to maintain one, Maria Theresa accepted the plans of Count Friedrich Wilhelm Haugwitz the first in a succession of remarkable men of intellect she was to draw into her council.

But when Congress voted to defund the Boeing SST in 1971 a vote spurred partially by, in the words of Time magazine, "a sizable citizens' army of environmentalists"—over 5,000 CLASB members let out a quiet, respectful whoop.

Jeremi was able to afford a sizable private army of several thousands, and through the threat of it he was often able to force his neighbours to a favourable settlement of disputes.

The north reduced its sizable army by 100,000 soldiers last summer as a conciliatory gesture, and Kim's recent New Year's address was the mildest in years.

This sizable "army" helped get Democrats their majority in Congress, and now the administration has virtually abandoned them, according to Micah Sifry (To the Point, KCRW, Santa Monica, 1/29/10).

Meanwhile, sizable armies were gathering around the Federal capital of Washington, D.C., and the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, which was about 100 miles (160 km) south of Washington.

Having mustered sizable armies at Antioch, Heraclius sent them to reinforce strategically important areas of Northern Syria, most importantly the strong fortress of Chalcis.