Sample Sentences for
marshal
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marshal as in:  marshal our efforts

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    Either he will unmask himself in order to assume leadership of the forces of stupidity he has marshaled, or his enemies will unmask him in order to better understand the disease that has produced such a warped and twisted mind.  (source)
    marshaled = organized or arranged
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    Marshaling forces to fight in the limited way we can fight.†  (source)
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    Slowly, she marshaled the inner calmness.†  (source)
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    The procession was to be marshalled thence to the town hall, where a solemn banquet would complete the ceremonies of the day.  (source)
    marshalled = led
    unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans do not repeat the "L" prior to adding the "ED".
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    They never marshaled as much enthusiasm for the many repeats of the game called "Last One Through the House Has to Kiss Hester"; maybe they realized, later, that I began to intentionally lose the game.†  (source)
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    The Mallisters still hold Seagard and Walder Frey is marshaling his levies at the Twins.†  (source)
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    Marshalling the last of his strength, Langdon dolphin-kicked his legs and pulled his arms beneath him in an awkward butterfly stroke.†  (source)
    unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans do not repeat the "L" prior to adding the "ING".
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    In the middle of the room stood a man in a uniform, who shouted in a loud, high voice: "As a candidate for the marshalship of the nobility of the province we call upon staff-captain Yevgeney Ivanovitch Apuhtin!"†  (source)
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    The indefatigable bell now sounded for the fourth time: the classes were marshalled and marched into another room to breakfast: how glad I was to behold a prospect of getting something to eat!†  (source)
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    I marshaled everything I knew, but though he had little from direct experience, he could argue as well as I could, or better, and in the end I was unable to convince him.†  (source)
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    They glared at each other; Harry knew that he had not convinced Hermione and that she was marshaling counterarguments, against both his theory on his wand and the fact that he was permitting himself to see into Voldemort's mind.†  (source)
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    One truth after another was marshalling itself silently against her and keeping its ground.†  (source)
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    With him, The Duke of Norfolk, with the rod of marshalship, a coronet on his head.†  (source)
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meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus

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It was a large garden, only half cultivated, with bushes, as big as summer-houses, of Marshal Niel roses, lime and orange trees, clumps of bamboos, and thickets of high grass.  (source)
Marshal = a name
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