How to Use Unknown Soldier in a Sentence

Unknown Soldier

noun
  • Flags were also placed at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Sentinels who are part of the Tomb Guard.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 23 May 2026
  • The incident happened near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the ceremony for relighting the eternal flame, which is carried out nightly.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Charles and Camilla paid their respects and laid a wreath and a posy at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the cemetery before traveling to rural Virginia to attend separate events.
    — Terry Collins, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • The monument honors French soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier lies beneath it.
    — Nandika Chatterjee, Time, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The unidentified man, who is a French national born in 1978, allegedly tried to attack an officer guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and was shot by another officer.
    — Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The royal couple laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to honor the fallen and the military partnership, but the Union Jack flag flown in the King and Queen's procession was flown upside down.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
  • Christopher Cann King Charles and Queen Camilla have arrived at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • There, the royals laid a wreath and posy at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to honor the fallen and the military partnership between the United Kingdom and the United States, but a problem was spotted with the Union Jack flag on parade.
    — Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, a European Union member, laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier memorial just outside the Kremlin walls but stayed away from the Red Square parade.
    — CBS News, 9 May 2026
  • Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia, a European Union member, was to meet with Putin and lay flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier memorial just outside the Kremlin walls but stay away from the Red Square parade.
    — ABC News, 8 May 2026
  • The royal couple marked America's 250th birthday with stops at the 9/11 Memorial in New York City and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery, before traveling to rural Virginia.
    — Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Several special events are held during the weekend including Flowers of Remembrance Day, during which the public can place flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Sunday, May 24, and the 158th National Memorial Day Observance ceremony on Monday, May 25.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 23 May 2026
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony marking the 85th anniversary of the Nazi Germany invasion into the Soviet Union in World War II on the Remembrance and Sorrow Day at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Kremlin wall in Moscow on June 22, 2026.
    — Sam Meredith, CNBC, 24 June 2026

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