Below you will find example sentences with "peace corps". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Peace Corps in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: corps
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 26.6 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 10 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "peace corps" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 26.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a familiar peace corps archetype the, allow the peace corps to operate, served, volunteers and people stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with marine corps, corps members, peace prize, corps members, service corps and army corps, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with peace corps
This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:
Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn delivered the Commencement Address. (9 words)
Mather served with the Peace Corps in southern Chile from 1968 to 1970. (13 words)
At 19, he registered as a conscientious objector, and later, served in the Peace Corps. (15 words)
Now, they would not listen to the health officers of Seattle or anyone else of authority coming in, but two parents who had been Peace Corps volunteers started their own program of finding out from people what would it take for you to change your mind. (46 words)
She said the natural resources there have shaped every part of her life and made her decision to join and work with the Peace Corps an obvious transition as she focuses more on future goals involving agriculture on the Hawaiian islands. (41 words)
People who served in the Peace Corps will recognize in McQuillan’s essay a familiar Peace Corps archetype: the unhappy volunteer whose misery takes the form of increasing bitterness toward the community, culture, and country that surrounds her. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Courtesy of Peace Corps The Peace Corps was founded by President John F. Kennedy in 1961.
People who served in the Peace Corps will recognize in McQuillan’s essay a familiar Peace Corps archetype: the unhappy volunteer whose misery takes the form of increasing bitterness toward the community, culture, and country that surrounds her.
He developed training manuals for the Peace Corps, advocated for rehabilitation of delinquent boys in Wyoming and helped develop priority education goals for the Teachers Corps in seven Rocky Mountain states.
American Peace Corps volunteers will continue to work alongside community members to make progress on the biggest development challenge the world has faced in more than a century.
At 19, he registered as a conscientious objector, and later, served in the Peace Corps.
Mather served with the Peace Corps in southern Chile from 1968 to 1970.
Now, they would not listen to the health officers of Seattle or anyone else of authority coming in, but two parents who had been Peace Corps volunteers started their own program of finding out from people what would it take for you to change your mind.
On May 24, the U.S. government through Peace Corps Zambia swore into service 28 new volunteers from the United States following 11 weeks of training in technical skills, language, and inter-cultural understanding.
Peace Corps is honoured to celebrate this momentous occasion and looks forward to this partnership with the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Transport as we continue working towards the positive development of Belizean youth.
She said the natural resources there have shaped every part of her life and made her decision to join and work with the Peace Corps an obvious transition as she focuses more on future goals involving agriculture on the Hawaiian islands.
After graduating from Beloit College with a degree in English and a secondary teaching certification, Clancy was accepted into the U.S. Peace Corps, where he assisted veteran English teachers on a remote island in the Philippines.
After high school, Dennis served in the Peace Corps and then spent 26 years as a director of group homes, making a profound impact on the lives of those he served.
I served in the Peace Corps and founded Local First Vermont, an organization promoting keeping money in Vermont through buying local.
Peace Corps Director Carol Spahn delivered the Commencement Address.
So more young people in particular learn about service opportunities both at the Peace Corps and also at Selective Service.
A mother welcoming her daughter home after she served one year with the Peace Corps and finished a two-week quarantine.
And, as always, it was so inspiring to see the U.S. Peace Corps volunteers contribute and thrive in their communities.
And Peace Corps officials delayed flying her body home, waiting for additional cargo to justify the expense, according to the lawsuit.
A senior advocate of Nigeria, Kanu Agabi, has petitioned the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami, to prevail on the Nigeria Police to obey court orders over the sealing of the Peace Corps office in Abuja.
For the first time, Hanoi has agreed to allow the Peace Corps to operate in the country.