How to Use squadron in a Sentence

squadron

noun
  • Crum is among an elite squadron of snake hunters selected for the job.
    — Skyler Swisher, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 May 2017
  • The squadron is catching up by putting students in the air six times a week.
    — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 6 July 2020
  • During his time in the war, Bode served on a combat bomb squadron.
    — Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2024
  • At least one other capsule in their squadron of five would have to do the exact same thing.
    — Danielle McNally, Marie Claire, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Peck will lead a squadron of 140 personnel.
    — Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 16 Apr. 2026
  • On this trip, the passengers gasp at the squadron of five bald eagles overhead.
    — Robert N. Jenkins, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Overhead, squadrons of seagulls and other birds snatched bug after bug out of midair.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
  • The airmen were the nation’s first all-Black air fighter squadron.
    — Corey Williams, Detroit Free Press, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Our entire squadron, about 40 people, all lived in one tent with plank boards and one makeshift stove.
    — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 21 Aug. 2022
  • This was the squadron’s second occurrence in the last 10 months.
    — New York Times, 14 May 2020
  • The American army carried the day with help from Pike's squadron.
    — Arkansas Online, 3 May 2025
  • Last year, the two squadrons trained together in Nevada and Hawaii.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 17 July 2023
  • The Gloucester was part of a squadron of ships, so there were many eyewitnesses to the tragedy.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 17 June 2022
  • Neuhart was in town for a conference and met up with the woman and some others from the Guam squadron.
    — Pauline Repard, sandiegouniontribune.com, 1 June 2018
  • The single squadron flying the swing-wing Su-24s seems to have suffered the worst.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 7 May 2022
  • Later, a squadron of go-go boys ceded the stage to the drag queen Trinity the Tuck.
    — New York Times, 10 June 2022
  • Three of the Vinson’s helicopter squadrons are based in San Diego.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2025
  • The arrival of the letters gave the British squadron a crucial advantage.
    — John Harris, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Mar. 2021
  • One of them was on the staff of the battle group commander, the other one was the leader of the destroyer squadron.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2022
  • During the depths of Watergate, Nixon had a squadron of high-power lawyers to walk him through the process.
    — Annie Linskey, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2018
  • The squadron’s home base is Naval Air Station North Island.
    — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • His squadron was ambushed by seven Soviet fighter planes.
    — Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
  • The Navy pilot had been shot down while leading his squadron on a mission over North Vietnam.
    — Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The new aggressor unit, dubbed Red Eagles, would fly a squadron of MiGs.
    — Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 13 June 2021
  • At one point in the book, Harold dreams up a scenario in which a squadron of B-17 bombers drops sweaters instead of bombs.
    — James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • She’s expected to report to the Blue Angels in the fall and will train with the squadron through the winter.
    — Courtney Kube, NBC News, 18 July 2022
  • The jet belongs to a training squadron of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.
    — Josh Cradduck, NBC News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • On the morning of June 6, the squadron’s mission was to bomb a German airfield in France.
    — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024
  • The jet was from strike fighter squadron VFA-151 stationed at Lemoore.
    — Time, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Once airborne, German fighter pilots managed to break up the formation of his squadron.
    — Fiona Donovan, Vanity Fair, 30 Dec. 2025

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