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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    There was a chessboard on a table in a corner, opposing pieces marshaled.†  (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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    One truth after another was marshalling itself silently against her and keeping its ground.†  (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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    This done, he marshalled the planks and his tools, and to work.†  (source)
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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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    Dumbledore paused for a moment, marshaling his thought, and then said, "Four years ago, I received what I considered certain proof that Voldemort had split his soul."†  (source)
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    The cautious opening of the door of the church meant only that Mr. Brown the livery-stable keeper (gowned in black in his intermittent character of sexton) was taking a preliminary survey of the scene before marshalling his forces.†  (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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