Infantrymen is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Infantrymen in a sentence
Infantrymen meaning
plural of infantryman
Using Infantrymen
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of infantryman
- In the example corpus, infantrymen often appears in combinations such as: infantrymen of, infantrymen and, of infantrymen.
Context around Infantrymen
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Infantrymen
- In this selection, "infantrymen" 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, light, expensive, mechanized, occasionally, depending and stretched stand out and add context to how "infantrymen" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 153 other infantrymen during a and 6 500 infantrymen plus those. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "infantrymen" sits close to words such as abington, acura and adt, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with infantrymen
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Some 25 infantrymen and tankers died that day. (8 words)
Drones the size of bumblebees will seek out highly trained and very expensive infantrymen. (14 words)
Hugh McKerlain and infantrymen of "D" Company, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, De Glindhorst, Netherlands, 5 May 1945. (18 words)
In most cases, all the attacking infantrymen could do was wait for a barrel change, for the gun to run out of ammunition or for a tank to show up so it could blast the machine-gun nest to oblivion. (40 words)
Belatedly, he organised a combined-arms attack, using Bachelu's division and Tissot's regiment of Foy's division from Reille's II Corps (about 6,500 infantrymen) plus those French cavalry that remained in a fit state to fight. (40 words)
In the trenches, several infantrymen had nodded at the dark-brown walls surrounding us, which were marbled with pale, healthy roots, and asked me if the soil in the United States was as rich and arable as theirs. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
In the trenches, several infantrymen had nodded at the dark-brown walls surrounding us, which were marbled with pale, healthy roots, and asked me if the soil in the United States was as rich and arable as theirs.
At war, slaves were servants to the warriors—cleaning their armor and cooking—even serving as light infantrymen occasionally.
Drones the size of bumblebees will seek out highly trained and very expensive infantrymen.
It will be able to hit speeds of around 43 miles per hour, hold a crew of three, and offer the ability to carry seven mechanized infantrymen.
Nehls since at least 2021 has continually worn a lapel pin for infantrymen or Special Forces who fought in active combat, known as a Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB).
Germany, on the other hand, was very under-mechanized but had a vast army, which meant it was dependent on horse-power and foot-slogging infantrymen.
Hugh McKerlain and infantrymen of "D" Company, The Seaforth Highlanders of Canada, De Glindhorst, Netherlands, 5 May 1945.
In December 1944, between 35 and 70 Senegalese infantrymen, depending on the source, were shot and killed by French Army troops in Thiaroye, a demobilization camp.
In most cases, all the attacking infantrymen could do was wait for a barrel change, for the gun to run out of ammunition or for a tank to show up so it could blast the machine-gun nest to oblivion.
It’s Wednesday and a mix of army “full-timers” and reservist infantrymen and engineers are clearing a five-kilometre stretch of Lake Conjola Entrance Road.
What puzzled Walter was that none of the shells seemed to be aimed at the thin line of infantrymen stretched along the International Highway, a north-south road essentially marking the border between Belgium and Germany.
On that day, infantrymen of the “Tar Heel Brigade” of the 30th (“Old Hickory”) Division broke through the so-called Hindenburg Line at the St. Quentin Canal in northern France.
Rough surf caused huge problems for the amphibious tanks launched at sea; only two of 29 made it to shore, while many of the infantrymen who stormed off the boats were gunned down by Germans.
The 'fully equipped' infantrymen hurtled from their assault craft straight into the loch and, dragged down by their equipment, were never seen again.
Venturing overseas with American forces in 1942, Pyle reported the war through the eyes of the regular infantrymen on the front lines.
Some 25 infantrymen and tankers died that day.
The Soldiers earned their infantry cords alongside 153 other infantrymen during a turning blue ceremony on April 19th, signifying their official acceptance as U.S. Army infantry Soldiers.
All of the combat necessities such as ammunition, weapon systems, food, water, clothing and shelter are carried on the backs of the infantrymen, at least in light role as opposed to mounted/mechanised.
At 4 a.m. on May 13, the exhausted Confederate infantrymen were notified that the new line was ready and they withdrew from the original earthworks unit by unit.
Belatedly, he organised a combined-arms attack, using Bachelu's division and Tissot's regiment of Foy's division from Reille's II Corps (about 6,500 infantrymen) plus those French cavalry that remained in a fit state to fight.
Common combinations with infantrymen
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- infantrymen of 5×
- infantrymen and 5×
- of infantrymen 5×
- the infantrymen 4×
- and infantrymen 3×
- as infantrymen 3×
- for infantrymen 2×
- infantrymen could 2×
- infantrymen who 2×
- marine infantrymen 2×