Sentence examples for armies of a from inspiring English sources

Now, what happens in 1914 is conscription, universal conscription antedating the war presented armies of a size that had never before been pulled together.

In 1861, the government of the United States viewed itself as suppressing a lawless rebellion, not as fighting the armies of a sovereign state.

The rebel advance rekindled fears of a renewal of the bloody 1998-2003 SeCongoCongo War, which drew the armies of a host of African countries as well as countless local militias into what was aptly dubbed "Africa's world war".

Both groups and their affiliates are also fighting an array of armies and counter-terrorist agencies: French soldiers, US special forces, British military trainers, as well as the local armies of a dozen states.

"I fled to the edge of a mighty sea of sorrow pursued by the armies of a cruel and dark regime," he sings, "but the waters parted and my soul crossed over out of Egypt, out of Pharaoh's dream".

" 'Yet even now,' says the Lord, 'return to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning; and rend your hearts and not your garments.' " Some scholars, however, believe that the plague of locusts refers to the armies of a foreign power (Babylonia?).

"This really took an army of a lot of other people," he said.

Or for armies of bureaucrats running a national citizenship registry.

This was an army of occupation a hundred thousand strong.

"I don't know how many ― an army of kids, a whole diving team".

Perhaps the day after Veterans Day we might do well to remember this proverb about war: "A 'great' war leaves the country with three armies -- an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves".