How to Use invasion in a Sentence

invasion

noun
  • The town is gearing up for the annual tourist invasion.
  • The people live under a constant threat of invasion.
  • The enemy launched an invasion.
  • Over the past two decades, homes have seen an invasion of touch screens.
    — Diana Budds, Architectural Digest, 3 Mar. 2026
  • So no, drugs cannot be the reason for our invasion.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2026
  • In a way, the pitch invasion (by Rochdale fans) helped.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Will Trump launch a full-scale invasion?
    — John Seiler, Oc Register, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The invasion would be launched four days later.
    — Susan Page, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The result of the invasion was something of a mixed bag.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Saugus police say shots were fired during the home invasion, but no one was hurt.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 3 May 2026
  • The images of war and invasion.
    — Peter Larsen, Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
  • But Russia’s invasion has put that project on hold.
    — ABC News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But Russia’s invasion has put that project on hold.
    — Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Iran is bracing for a ground invasion, its leaders say.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2026
  • This is an invasion of rural Texas.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
  • That war has so far included a series of airstrikes as well as a ground invasion.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
  • As a result, nothing about the invasion leaked out.
    — Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Healthy milkweed plants can withstand an invasion of aphids.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 June 2026
  • Israel followed up with airstrikes and a ground invasion.
    — Munir Ahmed, Fortune, 11 Apr. 2026
  • In the event of an invasion, the Taiwanese want to be prepared.
    — Michelle Kuo, The Dial, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Hawkins will play the police officer in charge of her home invasion case.
    — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
  • But both invasions were struck by massive typhoons.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 June 2026
  • North Korea has long claimed that the drills are a rehearsal for invasion.
    — Soo-Hyang Choi, Bloomberg, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Ignore the invasion of out-of-town restaurants.
    — Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 3 Oct. 2025
  • That came three years on from Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Israel followed with airstrikes and a ground invasion.
    — E. Eduardo Castillo, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Israel followed with airstrikes and a ground invasion.
    — ABC News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • That’s when Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Mongol invasions came and went.
    — Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • This is the only kind of heroine who can properly lead this kind of alien invasion thriller.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 12 June 2026

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