How to Use the Marines in a Sentence

the Marines

noun
  • Increases were seen in the U.S. Navy and the Marines, too.
    — Jonel Aleccia, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Morgan joined the Marines as a teenager and served in Desert Storm.
    — Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
  • This ruling does not address the status of the Marines.
    — Larry Kaplow, NPR, 19 June 2025
  • Every branch, with the exception of the Marines, failed to meet grade two years in a row.
    — Luther Ray Abel, National Review, 9 Feb. 2024
  • The names of the Marines involved in the incident have not been released.
    — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Tso searched for good-tasting coffee even while in the Marines.
    — Arlyssa D. Becenti, AZCentral.com, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The stunt led to a felony conviction and him being booted from the Marines.
    — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Brenda took a hardship discharge from the Marines to care for Zachary.
    — Adam England, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Wyatt was in the Marines before being on the streets and then getting clean.
    — Olivia Waite, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Over the coming months, the Marines of the Twins Platoon would be scattered across the combat zones of Vietnam.
    — Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
  • Fox News Digital reached out to the Marines for comment.
    — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Then, a grenade lobbed at the Marines landed near Anderson’s head.
    — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The court has yet to issue a ruling on the legality of the deployment of the Marines.
    — Martha McHardy Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 June 2025
  • Two hundred and forty-one peacekeepers were killed, in the largest loss for the Marines since the Battle of Iwo Jima, in 1945.
    — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2024
  • To his surprise, he was offered to join the Marines again based on his volunteerism and work ethics.
    — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 6 July 2024
  • The families of the Marines killed in a crash seek the prosecution of an L.A. County deputy.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Search and rescue crews and federal and local agencies looked for the Marines as rain and snow lashed the area.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • One of the Marines whose murder charges were dropped had been accused of killing three men, unarmed civilians who were shot in the head.
    — Willing Davidson, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Vance joined the Marines Corp after high school and served as a public affairs marine in Iraq.
    — Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Vance joined the Marines Corps after high school and served as a public affairs marine in Iraq.
    — Haley Bemiller, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024
  • Twelve of the Marines who gave their lives were members of Lima Company 3/5.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2024
  • However, the Marines said the feature that kept the plane flying may not only have saved the life of the pilot but of others on the ground.
    — CBS News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • During his rally speech, Vance drew parallels to his own time in the Marines.
    — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • Many of the Marines on Iwo Jima died in combat serving our country.
    — Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Stephen Richardson is a 34-year-old electrician who also served in the Marines.
    — Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
  • As of Thursday night, the military has not officially released the names of the Marines who died in the crash.
    — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
  • One of his other sisters, Melanie, graduated from Lemont in 2024 and is now in the Marines.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Armentrout, a sergeant major who has served in the Marines for over 20 years and is based in Japan, has been trained to be vigilant.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 27 May 2025
  • And unfortunately, all the Marines on board lost their lives.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 20 May 2024
  • First responders are working to recover the remains of each of the Marines.
    — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 8 Feb. 2024

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