Sentence examples for gathering the troops from inspiring English sources

"I said to Josie, 'David is probably gathering the troops to walk uptown,' " he recalled.

Solomon and his troops plundered the fertile plains around Thamugad, gathering the rich harvest for themselves, before moving onto Zerboule.

Begin gathering the mail.

Begin by gathering the ingredients.

On arrival in Scotland much time was spent gathering Scottish troops together for the campaign on England and the French were delayed for some months collecting supplies.

A few days before the grenade attack, Lieutenant Evangalista remembered gathering his troops together and watching the movie "Blackhawk Down," a blood-and-guts tale of American soldiers taking on Somali warlords.

Rebels said the Syrian Army had been using jail cells to hold captured rebel fighters, while gathering troops at the stations to stage attacks or fire from the rooftops.

The claims were a direct response to Turkey gathering its troops to fight Kurdish insurgents, the so-called 'Spring Operation' (White, 2000, pp. 164 66).

The French squadron held their fire, Dubourdieu gathering his troops and sailors into Favorites bow in order to maximise the effect of his initial attack once his flagship came into contact with Amphion.

But the attacks have threatened to overshadow the gathering, and the troop announcement offered an early indication of how the African Union intended to respond to the deadliest strike by Somali insurgents on a neighboring country.

Meanwhile, Newton develops a close relationship with Rachel (Gugu Mbatha-Raw), a former slave who has medical skills and whom he knew prior to the gathering of the troop.