Sentence examples for enlisted against from inspiring English sources

His mother, a petite, careworn woman, said he had enlisted against her wishes.

Just as military conscription provided basic economic security and instilled a sense of duty to confront a nation's enemies, so James called for the draft of the "whole youthful population to form for a certain number of years a part of the army enlisted against Nature," which would do the rugged jobs required of a peaceful industrial society.

This helps to explain why Bahrain, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been persuaded to enlist against it.

One participant described ultrasound as a visual encounter that her partner was able to enlist against her in his attempt to persuade her to continue with her pregnancy.

It was Mr Abe's own grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, who as prime minister cemented ties between the government, the uyoku dantai and the mob back in 1960, when he enlisted yakuza help against left-wing opponents of Japan's alliance with America.

Sierra knows that the two votes against her were those of the two people trying to enlist her against the people that saved her.

In addition, new doubts have emerged that Sunni tribes can be enlisted in the fight against Islamic State extremists, much as they were against al Qaeda fighters seven years ago.

The idea is to be seen by Kabul's one million residents and -- the soldiers hope -- to enlist help against the armed gangs who have exploited a power vacuum that followed the flight of the Taliban.

The son of George Metochites, a prominent Eastern Orthodox cleric under Emperor Michael VIII Palaeologus and a leading advocate of union with the Latin church, Theodore became a favourite of Emperor Andronicus II and undertook various diplomatic missions to enlist help against the encroaching Ottoman Turks.

Soon the new tycoon finds himself enlisted in the fight against fascism.

Educated in Madrid, Cadalso traveled widely and, although he hated war, enlisted in the army against the Portuguese during the Seven Years' War.