Sentence examples for gentle army from inspiring English sources

Worried that Lindauer was lonely, her father's friend brought another lonely guest, Paul Hoven, a gentle Army veteran who had piloted attack helicopters in combat in Vietnam.

A bedridden boy will become a hero, leading a growing army (a gentle army, for the most part) of the disheartened and beaten down towards changes that just might save the world.

The Jets have had generals at the helm before -- what was Bill Parcells, if not MacArthur in coaching shorts -- but this is a kinder, gentler army than the previous regime.

It's a work of art in the way it is challenging world media to republish it and thus join Charlie Hebdo's gentle, sniggering army of freedom.

Eric Caravaca is a dashing, gentle young army officer whose jaw and mouth are shattered in the first days of World War I when a shell explodes in his face.

Yasser el-Shimy, Egypt analyst for the International Crisis Group, described Sisi's statement as a "gentle reminder" of the army's influence.

Some complain that training standards have also suffered, as the army adopts gentler means to get more recruits through boot camp.But even though recruitment is difficult, particularly at a time of high employment, the army is growing steadily, from 482,000 in 2001 to about 507,000 today.

By Indonesian standards, the army was relatively gentle.

There are some gentle signs of progress: the army has allowed CIA access to Bin Laden's abandoned house, and returned the tail section of a destroyed US stealth helicopter.

They crawl up a gentle hill looking like an oncoming army of Persians in large Phrygian caps.

The gentle, bare slant meant that any assailing army could not easily take cover, and artillery would have the benefit of a clear, open field.