Blitzkrieg is an English word with synonyms like blitz or attack. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Blitzkrieg in a sentence
Blitzkrieg meaning
- A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support.
- Sudden activity; a flurry.
Using Blitzkrieg
- The main meaning on this page is: A fast military offensive, typically involving a large and highly mobile tank force with air support. | Sudden activity; a flurry.
- Useful related words include: blitz, attack, onslaught, onset.
- In the example corpus, blitzkrieg often appears in combinations such as: the blitzkrieg, of blitzkrieg, blitzkrieg tactics.
Context around Blitzkrieg
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blitzkrieg
- In this selection, "blitzkrieg" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, execute, azerbaijani, late, tactics, last and concept stand out and add context to how "blitzkrieg" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a late blitzkrieg from all and an ad blitzkrieg with posters. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blitzkrieg" sits close to words such as abbasid, abdicate and adapters, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blitzkrieg
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Another, Blitzkrieg, involves chaining lightning attacks through groups of enemies. (10 words)
History-changing military strategies, like the blitzkrieg, relied on the tank. (11 words)
As for Mitchell, he could not disguise his awe of Geelong in their blitzkrieg of a second half. (18 words)
To hear her dart through the chord progressions of a standard like “Gentle on my Mind” at a blitzkrieg pace while replenishing the lyrics with her vocal well-water, a shy smile beneath her bangs, ranks among the most pleasant ambushes in music today. (44 words)
Mahesh, who is vice-president of the party’s propaganda cell, also rolled out an ad blitzkrieg with posters of the ‘Modi Idli’ coming up in several areas in Salem and some of them even plastered behind local autos. (39 words)
But New Zealand, courtesy of a sublime century from prodigy Rachin Ravindra, very nearly pulled off an unthinkable heist, with a late blitzkrieg from all-rounder Jimmy Neesham (58 off 39) taking them to the brink of victory. (38 words)
Just when you thought the gentleman's game was lost in the blitzkrieg of fast paced action, here's an innings showing that none can match up to the class of Tests! (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Waging a Blitzkrieg in Finland was a highly difficult proposition, and the Red Army failed to meet the level of tactical coordination and local initiative required to execute Blitzkrieg tactics in the Finnish theatre.
As for Mitchell, he could not disguise his awe of Geelong in their blitzkrieg of a second half.
But it all crumbled before a withering Azerbaijani blitzkrieg last month, with the enclave’s leaders forced to surrender and announce the republic’s dissolution by the end of the year.
But New Zealand, courtesy of a sublime century from prodigy Rachin Ravindra, very nearly pulled off an unthinkable heist, with a late blitzkrieg from all-rounder Jimmy Neesham (58 off 39) taking them to the brink of victory.
Count Helmuth von Moltke, the chief of the Prussian general staff and the architect of the blitzkrieg concept, succeeded in nationalizing Prussian railways and aligning railway communications with the needs of troop and deployment.
History-changing military strategies, like the blitzkrieg, relied on the tank.
Mr Churcher was sent to a railhead outside Dunkirk where the German Blitzkrieg forced the British Expeditionary Force troops back to the beaches.
The Konstas blitzkrieg drew an extraordinary response from his cricket hero Virat Kohli who veered across three lanes of traffic to put the shoulder into the youngster.
The most credible explanation for the blitzkrieg assault by the rebels is that they were trained by Turkey and paid by Qatar.
Mahesh, who is vice-president of the party’s propaganda cell, also rolled out an ad blitzkrieg with posters of the ‘Modi Idli’ coming up in several areas in Salem and some of them even plastered behind local autos.
The plan was to unleash a blitzkrieg by massed panzer divisions through the Ardennes forest, weakly defended by green or exhausted American troops.
And, in fact, it turns out that Heinz Guderian, the mastermind behind Hitler's blitzkrieg, had read Fuller's work after the war.
But on the political battlefield, the president has shown how he and his allies intend to fight impeachment: with a blitzkrieg aimed at deflecting, distracting and discrediting.
Just when you thought the gentleman's game was lost in the blitzkrieg of fast paced action, here's an innings showing that none can match up to the class of Tests!
On Wednesday, his blitzkrieg at the top of the order helped Mumbai mount a massive score in a must-win match.
Shinde’s statement about the NCP and the Congress coming together assumed significance given that both the parties are struggling to withstand the BJP blitzkrieg.
To hear her dart through the chord progressions of a standard like “Gentle on my Mind” at a blitzkrieg pace while replenishing the lyrics with her vocal well-water, a shy smile beneath her bangs, ranks among the most pleasant ambushes in music today.
Another, Blitzkrieg, involves chaining lightning attacks through groups of enemies.
On offense, I expect the Eagles’ gameplan to be something between the safer, more conservative approach we saw against Atlanta and the balls-to-the-wall, swashbuckling blitzkrieg we saw against Minnesota.
On the one hand, a rival power may use commodity A.I. weapons systems in novel ways, and gain the kind of first-mover advantage that Germany once did with the blitzkrieg.
Common combinations with blitzkrieg
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the blitzkrieg 8×
- of blitzkrieg 7×
- blitzkrieg tactics 6×
- blitzkrieg of 5×
- german blitzkrieg 4×
- blitzkrieg in 3×
- blitzkrieg from 3×
- blitzkrieg doctrine 3×
- blitzkrieg had 2×
- with blitzkrieg 2×