How to Use armed forces in a Sentence

armed forces

plural noun
  • That was what the armed forces needed.
    — Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Iceland does not have armed forces.
    — Robert Birsel shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Aug. 2025
  • That erodes public trust in the armed forces.
    — Kristina Mani, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Our armed forces, as always, are free to act.
    — Khaled Wassef, CBS News, 8 June 2026
  • Now, that process has spread to the rest of the branches of the armed forces.
    — Lauren Hodges, NPR, 21 Feb. 2026
  • And Red Hill has served our armed forces well for many decades.
    — NBC News, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Qatar Emiri air force is the air arm of Qatar’s armed forces.
    — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 10 Oct. 2025
  • This was followed by a tribute to each branch of the armed forces.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 15 Nov. 2021
  • The Duke of Kent served in the armed forces for over two decades.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 2 June 2022
  • The armed forces said that no further drones were observed.
    — ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Even some in the military agree that the armed forces need to do more.
    — Kat Stafford and James Laporta, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Part of the entry fee for the rave was used to help Ukraine's armed forces.
    — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 28 July 2022
  • The late queen, King Charles, and his two sons all served in the armed forces.
    — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Conn observes how this has fused rural people to the armed forces.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
  • More recently the focus has been on the armed forces.
    — Janis MacKey Frayer, NBC news, 26 Jan. 2026
  • The move came in the midst of a crisis for Canada’s armed forces.
    — New York Times, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The country needs to reform the structure of its armed forces.
    — Mark A. Milley, Foreign Affairs, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Newsweek has reached out to the Ukrainian armed forces for comment.
    — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
  • There are those who say that the series is not quite critical enough of the armed forces.
    — Katie Campione, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
  • That, in plain terms, will mean tens of billions pounds more being spent — a lot more kit for the armed forces.
    — ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • During the war Gaston spent a short stint in the Nazi armed forces.
    — Simon Akam, Vanity Fair, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The toll of war fell heavily on Afghan armed forces in recent years.
    — New York Times, 15 Aug. 2021
  • The coffin will be guarded by members of the British armed forces.
    — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2022
  • The review comes after years of debate over women's place in the armed forces.
    — Steven Beynon, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Every branch of our armed forces is setting records for recruitment.
    — Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Israel is not in direct conflict with Lebanon's armed forces.
    — Joe Walsh, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • Despite pressure from the armed forces, suspects are tried in civilian court.
    — Charlie Campbell, Time, 28 Jan. 2026
  • None of this means that governments shouldn’t make investments in their armed forces.
    — Caleb Pomeroy, Foreign Affairs, 24 Dec. 2025
  • But in 1973, all the armed forces were against the government.
    — Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 7 May 2025
  • The decree ordered the armed forces to neutralize the groups.
    — Julia Symmes Cobb and Rosalba O'Brien, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Jan. 2024

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