Sentence examples for conscripted for use from inspiring English sources

Beer was disappearing and every bowl in the house had been conscripted for use as an ashtray.

Many have felt the sting of invasive research, been conscripted for us in circuses, or had some other ignominious treatment.

The three others had all been conscripted for the Kaiser's war.

He feared it was because he had so far avoided being conscripted for compulsory military service.

At 18, men were conscripted for two years of mandatory military service.

Singapore's social safety net offers a bare minimum and all Singaporean men are conscripted for two years' national service.

He also said more whites conscripted for military service would be made available for duty as policemen.

Before going up to university he was conscripted for national service, which was spent with the Army Intelligence Corps (1956-58) in Cyprus.

The husbands of some board members signed up, or were conscripted, for garbage duty (30 bags, three days a week).

But all sorts of other car parts were conscripted for this elaborate performance: suspension coils, ventilator screens, cranks for tire pumps.

After arriving in Paris in 1940, Brassens worked in the Renault car factory and was conscripted for war work in Germany.