Mercenaries is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Mercenaries in a sentence
Mercenaries meaning
plural of mercenary
Using Mercenaries
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of mercenary
- In the example corpus, mercenaries often appears in combinations such as: the mercenaries, of mercenaries, mercenaries in.
Context around Mercenaries
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mercenaries
- In this selection, "mercenaries" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wagner, paid, two, sites, ranks and site stand out and add context to how "mercenaries" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 000 wagner mercenaries already have and add the mercenaries mode to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mercenaries" sits close to words such as angola, aspen and boiled, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mercenaries
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Andrei Medvedev fought with Russia’s Wagner mercenaries in Ukraine, then requested asylum in Norway. (15 words)
A Surprise For Ya will no longer bounce to Mercenaries that are not currently active. (15 words)
Lorenzo sent mercenaries to suppress the revolt by force, and the mercenaries ultimately sacked the city. (16 words)
The army and commiittees also repelled an infiltration of mercenaries in front of Dukhan, inflicting the mercenaries heavy losses in life and gear and dozens of them were captured as well as a tank and military vehicle were destroyed, said the source. (42 words)
War was regarded as a continuation of commerce by other means (hence, the city's early production of large numbers of mercenaries for service elsewhere, and later its reliance on foreign mercenaries when the ruling class was preoccupied with commerce). (40 words)
But his father's tyranny had inspired many secret societies, and the kingdom's Swiss Mercenaries were unexpectedly recalled home under the terms of a new Swiss law that forbade Swiss citizens to serve as mercenaries. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
This came during an attack on the mercenaries' sites in Wazaaia junction which caused heavy damages among the mercenaries' ranks, he added.
In Lahj, an attack on the mercenaries' site was launched in Karesh, killing and injuring many in their ranks, while two mercenaries were killed by the army fires in Nehm front line.
In the western coast, a mercenaries’ military vehicle was burned by a guided rocket, while four Saudi-paid mercenaries were killed in Taiz.
Meanwhile, the artillery of the army targeted gatherings of Saudi-paid mercenaries in MBC mount and targeted other mercenaries in a crossing point in Qaus mount.
The army and commiittees also repelled an infiltration of mercenaries in front of Dukhan, inflicting the mercenaries heavy losses in life and gear and dozens of them were captured as well as a tank and military vehicle were destroyed, said the source.
But his father's tyranny had inspired many secret societies, and the kingdom's Swiss Mercenaries were unexpectedly recalled home under the terms of a new Swiss law that forbade Swiss citizens to serve as mercenaries.
Hendrix tells Parker that the mercenaries have orders to destroy the mining complex, covering up any proof of Ultor's wrongdoing, Hendrix is killed soon after this by the mercenaries.
Lorenzo sent mercenaries to suppress the revolt by force, and the mercenaries ultimately sacked the city.
War was regarded as a continuation of commerce by other means (hence, the city's early production of large numbers of mercenaries for service elsewhere, and later its reliance on foreign mercenaries when the ruling class was preoccupied with commerce).
A free update will be released on April 7 that will add The Mercenaries mode to the game.
After the young child of the family calls out for Santa's help, he makes it his duty to go from nice to naughty and show the mercenaries a taste of their own medicine.
Along with their continuing activities in Africa, several thousand Wagner mercenaries have moved to Belarus after an armed rebellion led by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Andrei Medvedev fought with Russia’s Wagner mercenaries in Ukraine, then requested asylum in Norway.
A photo released by Russian state media of President Vladimir V. Putin holding a minute of silence for pilots killed in clashes with Wagner mercenaries, in Moscow, on Tuesday.
As Russia has made inroads in some West and Central African countries, its flag has been the most visible sign of a broader geopolitical shift in the region, along with Russian weapons and mercenaries.
As the armoured vehicles of Prigozhin’s mutinous mercenaries rolled towards Moscow on 24 June, putting Russia on edge, the Belarusian authorities were in no hurry to communicate about the unfolding events.
A Surprise For Ya will no longer bounce to Mercenaries that are not currently active.
At the Battle of Cunaxa, the Greek mercenaries proved their worth and routed the enemy lines.
Based along the Sword Coast, the guild came together to track down an ancient relic called the Moontear, however, they later became mercenaries instead, protecting others from harm.
Belaruski Hajun, a Belarusian activist group that monitors troops movements in Belarus, said that nine convoys with more than 2,000 Wagner mercenaries already have rolled into the country.
Common combinations with mercenaries
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the mercenaries 27×
- of mercenaries 23×
- mercenaries in 17×
- wagner mercenaries 17×
- mercenaries to 13×
- mercenaries were 11×
- mercenaries and 10×
- russian mercenaries 10×
- and mercenaries 8×
- as mercenaries 7×