How do you use Paratrooper in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like para or soldier, plus the exact meaning.
Paratrooper in a sentence
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Paratrooper meaning
A type of soldier who is trained to enter combat zones by parachuting from aircraft.
Using Paratrooper
- The main meaning on this page is: A type of soldier who is trained to enter combat zones by parachuting from aircraft.
- Useful related words include: para, soldier.
- In the example corpus, paratrooper often appears in combinations such as: as paratrooper, former paratrooper, paratrooper and.
Context around Paratrooper
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 11 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Paratrooper
- In this selection, "paratrooper" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, former, british, bragg, forces, units and jean stand out and add context to how "paratrooper" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as a paratrooper in the and a british paratrooper readjusting to. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "paratrooper" sits close to words such as abstention, actuarial and admonition, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with paratrooper
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In it, Denzel plays a British paratrooper readjusting to civilian life in London. (13 words)
Bill served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne. (14 words)
Fort Bragg confirmed Del Hierro was a paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division. (14 words)
A former British paratrooper known to the public as Soldier F is on charges of murdering two people during the massacre known as Bloody Sunday in 1972, when British troops opened fire on unarmed Catholic demonstrators in Derry, killing 13 that day. (42 words)
Netanyahu began his press conference by reading from a note he had received from the mother of a paratrooper who had died in Gaza: “So that we will know they did not fall in vain, destroy the evil,” she implored him. (41 words)
He had several relatives who had served in the armed forces, including, an aunt and uncle who met in the Army, another uncle in the Marines and a great-uncle who served as a paratrooper in the Vietnam War. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
Paratrooper forces around the world Many countries have one or several paratrooper units, usually associated to the national Army or Air Force, but in some cases to the Navy.
A former paratrooper and passionate Real Madrid fan, he began the trip in January 2022, travelling across Europe, Turkey and Iraq – before being held in Iran for more than a year.
Other news reports said Leake is a former paratrooper with the US military and has lived in Moscow since 2010.
Seven North Carolina-based soldiers who were camping with a Fort Bragg paratrooper whose partial remains were found along the coast in 2020 are facing courts-martial for conspiracy.
There, Pilip says, she served in the Israel Defense Forces as a paratrooper before moving to the U.S. with her Ukrainian American husband.
Crow spoke about his time as a paratrooper and Army ranger, and explained how Project 2025 would be dangerous for the U.S. military and veterans.
He had jumped at Aviano Air Base in Italy many times before, but never with a 173rd Airborne Brigade Vietnam Veteran paratrooper.
He had several relatives who had served in the armed forces, including, an aunt and uncle who met in the Army, another uncle in the Marines and a great-uncle who served as a paratrooper in the Vietnam War.
I extensively interviewed the founder and former leader of the rightist National Rally, ex-paratrooper Jean-Marie Le Pen.
In it, Denzel plays a British paratrooper readjusting to civilian life in London.
Ms Pilip is an Ethiopian-born, former Israeli Defense Force paratrooper, whose compelling backstory has Republicans touting her as a future star of the party.
Netanyahu began his press conference by reading from a note he had received from the mother of a paratrooper who had died in Gaza: “So that we will know they did not fall in vain, destroy the evil,” she implored him.
North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversaw paratrooper drills aimed at showing his soldiers' ability to occupy an "enemy region at a stroke," state media said Saturday, days after the most recent annual U.S.-South Korean military exercise.
They will be led by former Paratrooper physical training instructor and founder of Tactical Athlete programme coach Mike Chadwick.
A former British paratrooper known to the public as Soldier F is on charges of murdering two people during the massacre known as Bloody Sunday in 1972, when British troops opened fire on unarmed Catholic demonstrators in Derry, killing 13 that day.
America’s most experienced paratrooper, Raff earned his jump wings while the airborne battalions were still being formed.
Bill served in the U.S. Army as a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne.
Fort Bragg confirmed Del Hierro was a paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division.
Mr. Bryant enlisted in the Army in 1942, Shea wrote, became a paratrooper with engagements in the Normandy invasion, Holland, and the Battle of the Bulge, encountering Islander Ted Morgan several times in France.
An Israeli army paratrooper officer pauses during his morning prayers to give orders on his field radio during a live-fire training exercise.
Common combinations with paratrooper
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as paratrooper 8×
- former paratrooper 6×
- paratrooper and 5×
- paratrooper units 2×
- paratrooper with 2×
- paratrooper whose 2×
- paratrooper before 2×
- paratrooper in 2×
- british paratrooper 2×
- was paratrooper 2×