How to Use allied in a Sentence

allied

adjective
  • The allied countries have been in talks on the matter for months.
    — Reuters, CNN, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Why have the Houthis and other allied forces stayed out of the war?
    — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Allied fire sank 19 of these vessels.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
  • The Allied soldiers who weren’t killed limped back from the defeat.
    — Rachel Lance, WIRED, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Thus far, support for Ukraine has proved durable among allied nations.
    — Elliot Ackerman, Time, 4 Jan. 2023
  • Now one of them—or its wreckage, at least—is in Ukrainian and allied hands.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
  • Some call those jobs non-clinical, while others call them allied jobs.
    — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Twenty Allied slaves had died in this manner.
    — Charles Pellegrino, Rolling Stone, 6 Aug. 2025
  • An allied invention was the forming tube that compressed the yarns as the strand was made.
    — Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
  • His team played a vital, long-secret role in Allied success in the war.
    — Vinay K. Chaudhri, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2024
  • This was also the first time the unmanned aircraft had been deployed to the allied country.
    — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Over the past year, a steady procession of allied leaders has made its way to China.
    — Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Turkey says five of its soldiers and 16 allied fighters were killed in the fighting.
    — Mehmet Guzel, The Seattle Times, 28 Jan. 2018
  • Three Allied cemeteries were established in the area at the time.
    — Smithsonian, 26 May 2017
  • Many Allied soldiers drowned, hit mines or were cut down by Nazi machine gun crossfire.
    — Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Instead Allied forces waited a day, and the rest is history.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 29 May 2026
  • This is a remarkable level of allied effort.
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2026
  • That ship was attacked and sunk by Allied aircraft while anchored in what is now Taiwan.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Government forces and an allied militia known as the Janjaweed burned villages to the ground.
    — Justin Lynch, Slate Magazine, 11 Oct. 2017
  • As it was being crated, Allied bombs began to fall over Königsberg.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Mar. 2026
  • But that allied force must be able to make good use of the intelligence the F-35s collect.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
  • That allied cooperation is in early stages, but seeds have been planted.
    — Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
  • The president is leaning on allied countries to help in the strait, possibly to guide/escort tankers through the pass.
    — Arkansas Online, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Danish and allied aircraft, naval vessels and ground units are expanding their presence on and around the island.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Maras wanted the film to begin with this moment to emphasize the headspace of the Allied leaders.
    — Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • Germany is one of the world’s largest arms exporters and ships weapons to non-allied countries such as Egypt or Pakistan.
    — Bojan Pancevski, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2022
  • Putin and Rouhani aren't the only ones doubting the legitimacy of the allied strike.
    — Jamie Tarabay, CNN, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Fixed a bug where allied player characters could clip through tombstones when Totem Stella was used.
    — Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Popular reform En Marche and Five Star are, of course, not on an allied path.
    — Sara Miller Llana, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 June 2017
  • Neptune Strike shows Allied unity, precision & readiness at sea and in the air.
    — Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025

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