Sample sentences for INSURGENT

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Definition

a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

More rarely, Insurgent is used as an adjective to indicate rebelliousness.

The insurgents in Iraq are fighting against the new Iraqi government.

insurgents = members of an irregular armed force that fight a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

We were there to keep some semblance of order—which basically meant killing insurgents who were trying to kill us or other civilians—
Nicholas Sparks -- Dear John

insurgents = members of an irregular armed force that fight a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

...the insurgents would rend the Union even by war,
Abraham Lincoln -- Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

insurgents = rebels (people who are rebelling)

I don't justify what the insurgents have done to the Iraqis.
Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II

insurgents = members of an irregular armed force that fight a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

"Come on, Insurgent," he says with a wink. ... He opens the bag he was sitting with. It is full of blue clothes. He sorts through them, tossing garments to Christina and me. I get a bright blue T-shirt and a pair of blue jeans.
Veronica Roth -- Insurgent

insurgent = a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment

Hundreds of European Muslims have journeyed to join the insurgents in Iraq.
David Frum's Diary on National Review Online -- http://frum.nationalreview.com/print/ (retrieved 06/29/06)
The National Security Council defined a medium-term victory in Iraq as: "Iraq is in the lead defeating terrorists and insurgents and providing its own security, with a constitutional, elected government in place, providing an inspiring example to reformers in the region, and well on its way to achieving its economic potential."
Intelligence is key to successful counter insurgency operations and global counter-terrorism operations.
Newt Gingrich -- Status of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence -- http://www.aei.org/publications/pubID.23345/pub_detail.asp (retrieved 06/29/06)
Although the video came from a group that had been reliable in the past, the insurgent who sent it was new to me.
David Frum's Diary on National Review Online -- http://frum.nationalreview.com/print/ (retrieved 06/29/06)
Ironically, the greatest triumph for both, protagonists was the time they were forced to cooperate during the goblin insurgence.
Eoin Colfer -- Artemis Fowl
Where was the drug that could still this legion of insurgent nerves?
Edith Wharton -- The House of Mirth
Is there any kind of counter insurgency?
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Supremacy
I think of Kim chasing Taliban insurgents and ducking flying trees.
Gayle Forman -- Where She Went
'His tale goes that when a Spanish patrol cutter captured him he was simply trying to run a few guns for the insurgents.
Joseph Conrad -- Lord Jim
"An insurgent who was previously a Muslim is now an apostate," they declared.
Warren St. John -- Outcasts United
The insurgents, on their side, placed videttes at the corners of all open spaces, and audaciously sent their patrols outside the barricades.
Victor Hugo -- Les Miserables
To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war.
James M. McPherson -- What They Fought For - 1861-1865
The insurgents had prevented the sitting of the state supreme court at Springfield.
David McCullough -- John Adams
It had been delayed by an ambush of native insurgents and had suffered significant damage and loss of supplies.
Chang-rae Lee -- A Gesture Life
Management's lawyer would contest the proxies of the insurgents ("I challenge this!
Malcolm Gladwell -- Outliers

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