How to Use servicewoman in a Sentence

servicewoman

noun
  • Andrews, like many other servicewomen, cut her locs prior to the Army’s reversal.
    — Kenya Downs, The Root, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The pump is partly covered under certain insurance plans and is free for military servicewomen.
    — Emily Chang, Bloomberg.com, 21 Sep. 2017
  • Alumnae grew up to be talk show hosts, vice presidents of major corporations, Olympians and servicewomen.
    — Brian Whitehead, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2017
  • Housing and cost-of-living benefits for the families of servicemen and servicewomen are also a unique draw of service.
    — Jeannette Hinkle, azcentral, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The gift is revealed to be a full-length mirror, but the real gift is that standing behind the couch, unbeknown to the mother, is a young servicewoman dressed in military fatigues.
    — Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 17 May 2018
  • Prince Harry is a patron of the competition, which features wounded and injured servicemen and servicewomen from across the globe.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 Sep. 2018
  • At a care package station, volunteers prepared boxes of personal products and treats for servicewomen on deployment.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Andrews began discussing the issue with other servicewomen and digging into regulations for other branches of the military.
    — Lindsay Schallon, Glamour, 13 Aug. 2019
  • At first, the military was not eager to draft scores of teenage boys who lacked a basic education in math and English, demanded a special diet, strict Torah lessons, and distance from servicewomen.
    — Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 10 Nov. 2025
  • There, surrounded by armed soldiers, the founding documents were reverentially carried up the thirty-nine steps, passing through another cordon of servicewomen.
    — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
  • This week, Parton took to Instagram to personally thank the first responders, servicemen and servicewomen, and health care professionals around the world.
    — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 3 Apr. 2020
  • But even as the military, one of the most conservative institutions in the country, develops more progressive stances on hair, a return to civilian life may invite the same stigmas that dreadlocked servicewomen face while enlisted.
    — Kenya Downs, The Root, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The Navy discharged or otherwise disciplined about a dozen servicemen and servicewomen in 1980 for posing in Playboy or Playgirl.
    — Santa Cruz Sentinel, The Denver Post, 15 Apr. 2017
  • The Ukrainian government urged the public not to jump to conclusions on Wednesday over the death of a servicewoman who had gotten the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine days before, according to a report.
    — Fox News, 24 Mar. 2021
  • In fact, American servicemen and servicewomen often struggle to find jobs in the private sector, as some employers have difficulty understanding the degree to which veterans’ skills are genuinely transferable.
    — Dallas News, 26 Nov. 2018
  • During a 1980 probe of seven servicewomen who appeared naked in Playboy, investigators also discovered that a male Marine major had posed in Playgirl.
    — Carl Prine, latimes.com, 14 Apr. 2017
  • Richard Stack, who currently serves as a Company Commander of Spencer's former unit, said the ceremony was an opportunity to honor the servicemen and servicewomen who came before him.
    — CBS News, 3 July 2018
  • Harry founded the Invictus Games as an international adaptive sport competition for wounded servicemen, servicewomen, and veterans.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 20 Aug. 2019
  • The project research may include field surveys, archaeological investigations and interviews with the families of servicemen and servicewomen identified as Tuskegee Airmen.
    — William Thornton, AL.com, 20 July 2017
  • The Declaration and each page of the Constitution had been packed in cases and ceremoniously carried down the steps of the Library between a cordon of eighty-eight uniformed servicewomen, and each case placed in a Marine Corps personnel carrier.
    — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026

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