How to Use serviceman in a Sentence

serviceman

noun
  • At least two British servicemen, the late Capt.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
  • Many more servicemen and -women return with injuries that, in the past, might have killed them.
    — Lydia Woolever, Popular Mechanics, 28 Nov. 2018
  • That says it all to me what exactly our servicemen and women do.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2025
  • All of the letters were sent to servicemen and women serving in the armed forces.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2019
  • The defense ministry said two servicemen had been killed, putting the death toll at seven.
    — Sabra Ayresmoscow Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 13 Aug. 2019
  • A lot of servicemen and servicewomen tell me that this song is an anthem for them.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 29 Sep. 2024
  • Our prayers are with the safety of our servicemen and any innocent lives that are taken.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Explain that your son is a serviceman away for a period of time and that the dog has been well behaved in the past.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 14 May 2022
  • The greatest respect must go to the brave servicemen who recorded this data.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Not far from here is the statue of the three servicemen — the three fighting boys of Vietnam.
    — Pioneer Press Editorial Board, Twin Cities, 28 May 2017
  • What about the attack in which Johnson and three other servicemen were killed?
    — Rosa Inocencio Smith, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Eight servicemen were killed when one of the helicopters crashed into a transport plane.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Because our brave servicemen and women shouldn’t have to circle the parking lot.
    — Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2017
  • Stratton was saved by a fellow serviceman but received burns over 65% of his body.
    — The Denver Post, 8 Dec. 2019
  • The shirt was a staple of the American serviceman's wardrobe for decades.
    — Ella Ceron, Teen Vogue, 2 Aug. 2017
  • During the fourth quarter, seven servicemen appeared on the field, to more cheers.
    — Peter King, SI.com, 1 Oct. 2017
  • The chaplains handed out life jackets to the servicemen aboard and, when there were none left, gave up their own and went down with the ship.
    — Jean Hamilton, Tampa Bay Times, 21 Feb. 2017
  • As an 18-year-old serviceman Spurgeon was old enough to marry.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Many of them have also sent troops to march in the parade, alongside Russian servicemen.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
  • The Princess of Wales awarded medals to a number of servicemen and women.
    — Ollie MacNaughton, Glamour, 8 Nov. 2023
  • He was killed a year and a half ago in Syria, the first American serviceman to be killed there.
    — David (cnet) Martin, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2018
  • In his speech, Putin paid tribute to the servicemen who lost their lives Saturday.
    — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 26 June 2023
  • Kentucky resident servicemen or women on furlough of more than three days.
    — Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Jan. 2026
  • He was born in post-war Germany to a mother who was a German and a father who was a serviceman.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Rivers’ goal is to regenerate the psychic nerves of these shattered servicemen.
    — The Know, Denver Post, 7 June 2026
  • When servicemen attacked, young men were savagely beaten, some stripped of their zoot suits and left naked and unconscious on the street.
    — David Alvarado, Time, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Haspel is a native of Kentucky but grew up around the world as the daughter of an Air Force serviceman.
    — Deb Reichmann and Lisa Mascaro, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2018
  • The call was on speakerphone and Wilson was in the car with Johnson on their way to meet the late serviceman's body.
    — Melissa Chan, Time, 23 Oct. 2017
  • Four of the servicemen were killed during War World II — two of them pilots lost at sea.
    — Lisa Maria Garza, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 May 2018
  • She was joined in her protests by her husband, Woodrow Benjamin Grant, a former serviceman.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024

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