Sentence examples for conscripted at from inspiring English sources

For the present-day story we interviewed Israeli Jewish boys and girls, conscripted at 18 in defence of their country.

He had been conscripted at 19, straight from grammar school, and he too, until the age of 100, had refused to talk about the war.

A 19-year-old Tamil woman described her harrowing escape earlier this month from a Tiger training camp after being conscripted at gunpoint in February.

Mommer was born in Germany; was conscripted at the age of 17; fought in World War 1, and spent two years in an English prison camp.

The Shalit story gripped Israel, where most youths are conscripted at 18. His image appeared everywhere; broadcasters kept a public count of the number of days he had been in captivity.

In a country where most Jewish men and women are conscripted at 18, many mainstream Israelis have come to view enlistment among the fast-growing ultra-Orthodox minority as a litmus test for the future character of Israel.

He always avowed membership of the Hitler Youth, volunteering without success for the submarine corps at 15, and being conscripted as a tank gunner at 16, before being wounded, never having fired a shot.

Only at the Santa Fe Opera is Mother Nature conscripted as a scenic designer.

Many were forcibly conscripted, sometimes at gunpoint.

Alfred Bergeret, the artistic director of the company, has conscripted Hal Linden at the Major General.

"I'm sorry you're sorry madam," he boomed at one unfortunate woman, "but it's no use, you're too late!" Any likely-sounding stokers were conscripted to come at dawn on Wednesday, to fire up the steam engines for the last time as a bit of theatre to liven up the auction.