Sentence examples for abandoning their post from inspiring English sources

Shot by firing squad, often as an example in front of their fellow soldiers, these disgraced, so-called cowards – convicted by military tribunals of crimes such as desertion, disobedience or "abandoning their post in the presence of the enemy" – are now largely seen as traumatised victims of the horror of war.

Within minutes, hundreds of workers were abandoning their posts.

Many of the loyalists quickly folded, surrendering to the rebels or just abandoning their posts.

But, within hours, their fighters began abandoning their posts, making way for Iraqi military units just across the front lines.

Workers will stream from the gleaming office towers of Sydney and the iron mines of the parched Pilbara, abandoning their posts and surrendering to the commotion.

Asked about the sight of Iraqi army units abandoning their posts in the face of smaller enemy forces, Mr Obama made a good point.

On that score, he added, many of the Iraqi police in Mosul failed miserably on Thursday, abandoning their posts to the insurgents.

His fighters fear the consequences of abandoning their posts, and many are still continuing to hold out in isolated places.Meanwhile, the NTC broadcasts its hopeful pretensions for the future.

While Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi ordered military commanders accused of abandoning their posts in Ramadi, capital of the Anbar province which was overrun by Islamic State in May, to face court martial.

Mrs. Arroyo then announced that a mutiny had indeed been plotted and ordered the arrest of 10 junior officers of the armed forces for allegedly abandoning their posts, taking with them their firearms.

Dozens of officers were fired or suspended for abandoning their posts during the crisis.