How to Use reservist in a Sentence

reservist

noun
  • But what may come as a surprise is that a reservist has the right to pull out.
    — Deborah Fineblum, Sun Sentinel, 22 Aug. 2024
  • Do the same for current reservists.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
  • That could test the resolve of the hundreds of reservists who have vowed to stay away.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The same goes for reservists required to report for duty and drills.
    — Brian Bennett, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Better yet, just give a flat pay increase for drill weekends to all reservists.
    — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026
  • One picture shows reservists training in a two-man sniper-spotter team.
    — Zachary Mider, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • That set off a wave of statements by reservists and veterans of other units.
    — Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 9 May 2025
  • At the time of its founding, all the members were Lake Arthur reservists.
    — Zachary Mider, Bloomberg.com, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Israel has pressed ahead with plans to mobilize tens of thousands of reservists.
    — Wafaa Shurafa, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The reservist deployed overseas may be your neighbor.
    — Kathy Roth-Douquet, Time, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Thousands of army, navy and air force reservists were being dispatched to battle the fires.
    — NBC News, 7 Jan. 2020
  • The mood among some reservists appears different now.
    — Emily Rose, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Thousands of reservists—some 60,000—have been called up.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Among them — an Army reservist who wore a Hitler mustache to his job at a Navy base.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, Chron, 20 Dec. 2021
  • Oleh, a military reservist, is married and has a 23-year-old son.
    — Nathan Smith, ABC News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Gold is now on a military base in the south, having been recruited as a reservist.
    — Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Biggs has been in the Air Force for 22 years, all but four of them as a reservist.
    — NBC News, 9 Apr. 2021
  • All this as the numbers of reservists refusing to serve continued to rise.
    — Jo-Ann Mort, The New Republic, 19 July 2023
  • Israel has called up tens of thousands of reservists for a ground operation.
    — USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The reservists refusing to fly under Netanyahu are aware of that.
    — Time, 24 Aug. 2023
  • As part of his work as an Army reservist, Card was an instructor at a hand grenade training range.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 13 June 2024
  • During this time, reservists continue to serve without pause.
    — Amelie Botbol, FOXNews.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • But Varela, on active duty as a Navy reservist, had fled the country by the time charges were filed.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Sonja Airikki, a 39-year-old reservist who will lead the training next month.
    — Michael Hunt, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2022
  • The plan will require calling up large numbers of reservists, many of whom have already done previous rounds in the war.
    — Aya Batrawy, NPR, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Four of the six service members have been identified as Army reservists Capt.
    — CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Most of the reservists are not expected to operate in Gaza City.
    — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Most of the reservists are not expected to operate in Gaza City.
    — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Amoah, a former Air Force reservist from the outskirts of Chicago.
    — Patrik Jonsson, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 July 2017
  • In 1991, Patrick deployed to the Gulf War as an army reservist.
    — Alex Perry, Outside Online, 24 July 2019

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