Below you will find example sentences with "defense forces". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Defense Forces in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: defense
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 13
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 29.9 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "defense forces" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 29.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a national defense forces, additional self defense forces vehicles to, israel, armed and national stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with armed forces, defense minister, security forces, defense minister, defense ministry and defense secretary, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with defense forces
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
On Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces Day, I thank all the territorial defense warriors for their courage and strength! (19 words)
Gantz, a former defense minister and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief of staff, is a prominent figure in Israel’s opposition. (21 words)
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Washington "will be rapidly providing the Israel Defense Forces with additional equipment and resources, including munitions". (22 words)
Earlier in the day, Nakatani held talks with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and vowed that Japan will provide additional Self-Defense Forces vehicles to Kyiv in support of its efforts to repel Russia's full-scale invasion that began in 2022. (42 words)
Anti-aircraft fire directed at the attacking Israeli aircraft set off incoming rocket sirens in the communities of Zikim and Mavki’im just north of the Gaza Strip, and triggered the Iron Dome missile defense system, according to the Israel Defense Forces. (42 words)
At least 79 Myanmar junta forces as well as a resistance fighter were killed in the last six days as People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) and an ethnic armed organization (EAO) stepped up their attacks on regime targets nationwide. (39 words)
On Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces Day, I thank all the territorial defense warriors for their courage and strength! (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
ACC organizes, trains, equips and maintains combat-ready forces for rapid deployment and employment while ensuring strategic air defense forces are ready to meet the challenges of peacetime air sovereignty and wartime air defense.
In a post on X, the Israel Defense Forces identified them as Hussein Ali Azkoul, who worked in the movement’s aerial defense forces, and Sajed Sarafand, a member of the group’s elite Radwan force.
The interoperability between the U.S. forces and the Self-Defense Forces (SDF) was dramatically advanced after the revision of Guidelines for the U.S.-Japan Defense Cooperation in 2015.
The nationalization of the armed forces in 1947 basically detached the Kuomintang 's control on the armed forces, and it became a national defense forces.
A combined force of fighters from the Karen National Liberation Army and Karen National Defense Organization, both armed wings of the Karen National Union, and local People’s Defense Forces are clashing with junta troops.
Four days later, Cyprus and Israel signed in Tel Aviv a bilateral defense cooperation program between the two armies, as well as a corresponding tripartite program for 2023 with the Greek defense forces.
Gantz, a former defense minister and Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief of staff, is a prominent figure in Israel’s opposition.
On Ukraine’s Territorial Defense Forces Day, I thank all the territorial defense warriors for their courage and strength!
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Washington "will be rapidly providing the Israel Defense Forces with additional equipment and resources, including munitions".
Belarus’s defense minister said on Telegram that its air defense forces had destroyed several Ukrainian drones that violated Belarusian airspace on Friday.
Earlier in the day, Nakatani held talks with Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and vowed that Japan will provide additional Self-Defense Forces vehicles to Kyiv in support of its efforts to repel Russia's full-scale invasion that began in 2022.
Large European countries need to follow Poland's lead and increase their defense investment, said Riho Terras (Isamaa), member of the European Parliament and former head of the Estonian Defense Forces.
About 1,200 Marines, sailors and the Japanese Ground Self Defense Forces trained as part of the U.S. Japan postwar defense alliance.
Anti-aircraft fire directed at the attacking Israeli aircraft set off incoming rocket sirens in the communities of Zikim and Mavki’im just north of the Gaza Strip, and triggered the Iron Dome missile defense system, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
Seki graduated from Japan’s National Defense Academy, an uncommon background for someone at an automaker, because most graduates go on to serve in the Self-Defense Forces.
Defense cooperation Niger defense forces have a long history of military cooperation with neighboring countries in the region, France, the United States, China as well as many other countries.
At least 79 Myanmar junta forces as well as a resistance fighter were killed in the last six days as People’s Defense Forces (PDFs) and an ethnic armed organization (EAO) stepped up their attacks on regime targets nationwide.
Israeli security forces busted a PA Arab terror cell in Jenin on Friday morning planning an imminent attack the Israel Defense Forces announced.
The Israel Defense Forces said that “during the activity, armed individuals fired at the forces who responded back with live fire,” adding that several suspects were hit.
Israeli forces located and destroyed weapons caches inside a Gaza university and in residential homes, as well as a rocket launching site placed inside a humanitarian zone, the Israel Defense Forces said over the weekend.