Sample sentences for BATTALION

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a large group of soldiers — especially an army unit consisting of a headquarters and at least three companies

The 4th Battalion was ordered to fight a rearguard action.

battalion = a large group of soldiers — especially an army unit consisting of a headquarters and at least three companies

"One hundred and eleven battalions," she replied.
Henry H. Neff -- The Maelstrom

battalions = a large group of soldiers — especially an army unit consisting of a headquarters and at least three companies

Meanwhile, Second Battalion, in the center, turned back upon hearing gunfire in the distance, so as to avoid an ambush.
Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War

battalion = a large group of soldiers

He insisted on seeing the Battalion Commander.
Robert A. Heinlein -- Starship Troopers

battalion = a large group of soldiers — especially an army unit consisting of a headquarters and at least three companies

They got reports of battalion-size movements.
Walter Dean Myers -- Fallen Angels

battalion = a large group of soldiers — especially an army unit consisting of a headquarters and at least three companies

Three marines made a fire team, three fire teams made a squad, three squads made a platoon, three platoons made a company, three companies made a battalion...
Nicholas Sparks -- The Lucky One

battalion = a large group of soldiers — especially an army unit consisting of a headquarters and at least three companies

He was being called to command a battalion in Korea and had to leave the next day.
Laura Hillenbrand -- Unbroken
A small figure detached itself from the far battalion and hurried toward Eragon and Saphira.
Christopher Paolini -- Eragon
A whole battalion was carrying one page away from its source, carrying the intimate print as if rolling a tablet away from him.
Michael Ondaatje -- Running in the Family
If she is not one of the forbidden, then why have you massed a battalion to protect her?
Stephenie Meyer -- Breaking Dawn
It shifted its hundred-foot-long body, flicking its dappled green tail and wiping out a battalion of ogres.
Rick Riordan -- The House of Hades
There was an entire battalion of soldiers guarding it and even snipers on the rooftops.
Malala Yousafzai -- I Am Malala
We lost whole battalions from our own air support—and I'm not counting the black battalions that were shot by white infantry from behind.
John Gardner -- The Sunlight Dialogues
He had then roused his adjutant, turned over the battalion to him, and sent his orderly to wake up and bring his motorcyclist.
Ernest Hemingway -- For Whom the Bell Tolls
"She's Colour-Sergeant of the Nonpareil battalion," said Mr. Bagnet, looking at us over his shoulder as he went his way also.
Charles Dickens -- Bleak House
Battalions of female troops were being enlisted, each sworn to kill at least one Terran, and were drilling with fake guns in corridors of Luna City.
Robert A. Heinlein -- The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
It is never my place to regulate him, unless his doing so affects the battalion, which it has not.
Chang-rae Lee -- A Gesture Life
It ultimately proved that our mad Joseph Stalin misunderstood priorities when he asked how many battalions the Pope had.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
O Gertrude, Gertrude, When sorrows come, they come not single spies, But in battalions!
William Shakespeare -- Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Up on the heights, battalions of black pines witnessed the change, themselves unchangeable.
E.M. Forster -- A Room With A View

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