How to Use guardsman in a Sentence

guardsman

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  • The guardsman paused and thanked Biden for the vaccines.
    — Dallas News, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The guardsmen were on a training mission at the time of the crash.
    — Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 16 Feb. 2023
  • At its high point, the state sent 300 guardsmen to the island to help.
    — Julia O'Donoghue, NOLA.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • In April this year, the body of a Texas guardsman was recovered from the Rio Grande.
    — Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • After holding the gun’s grips, a guardsman showed the boy a bullet that the gun fires.
    — John Kuntz, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022
  • As they back away, one guardsman trains his rifle on the limp body and fires a single shot at close range.
    — Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 3 Feb. 2019
  • Coast Guard video showed the victim sitting on the roof of the truck while a guardsman was lowered down to pull them to safety.
    — CBS News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Some of the guardsmen say their training was hasty and limited.
    — Dallas News, 29 June 2019
  • The guardsmen and 25 other people were forced to abandon ship.
    — Fox News, 12 Aug. 2019
  • In another video, the guardsman gave advice to a man with a little dog.
    — Brian Dakss, CBS News, 1 Oct. 2022
  • Opposing guardsmen curtly shake hands, and the border gates roll shut for the night.
    — The Economist, 22 July 2017
  • One at a time, they were transported out of the home to gain acceess to the roof where a guardsman was positioned to assist with the hoist.
    — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Sources said the guardsman did that with at least one broken arm and a broken collarbone.
    — Dave Altimari, courant.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The guardsmen opened fire, killing four students and wounding nine others.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 16 May 2018
  • As students defied the order, guardsmen fired tear gas into the crowd.
    — National Geographic, 4 May 2020
  • The guardsmen took an initial consignment of 10 ex-army BTR-4s.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The guardsmen freed the turtle from the jumble and seized the drugs -- more than 800 kilos of cocaine, authorities said.
    — Tracy Connor, NBC News, 19 Dec. 2017
  • When asked if the Guard planned to watch the area all night, a guardsman rolled down the window of his Humvee, allowing the light snowfall into the vehicle.
    — Nicholas Rowan, Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2021
  • At a news conference Friday, Sanders said 100 guardsmen had been deployed across the state.
    — Mirna Alsharif, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Her other arm is wrapped around her 6-year-old son, Anthony, who is looking up at the guardsman.
    — Leah Asmelash and Brian Ries, CNN, 26 July 2019
  • When the gas starts to fly, most pull back and leave the younger, angrier protesters to duke it out with national guardsmen for hours.
    — Andrew Rosati, Bloomberg.com, 2 June 2017
  • Eight of the guardsmen who fired on the students were indicted by a grand jury, but the case was dismissed over lack of evidence.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 17 Jan. 2017
  • Eight of the guardsmen who fired on the students were indicted by a grand jury, but the case was dismissed over lack of evidence.
    — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 17 Jan. 2017
  • The guardsman was at the scene of McAtee's business and home on 26th and Broadway because of orders given by Judah.
    — Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 25 Aug. 2022
  • By many accounts, he was shot between the eyes in 1863 by a Union-sympathizing home guardsman named Jim Berry.
    — Clyde Snider, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2021
  • The guardsman pointed to a pile of rock and soil that appeared to have been disturbed recently, not far from a makeshift altar with candles.
    — Kevin Sieff, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2020
  • Pointing their flashlights towards the river, the guardsmen told the migrants in their broken Spanish to turn back.
    — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
  • Nicholas Muhar told a little girl as she was swung by another guardsman into his grasp.
    — Erin Ailworth, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2018
  • Camilo Montoya-Galvez The migrants' pleas, and the cries of children, quickly drowned out instructions from the guardsmen armed with rifles.
    — Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The force of the propellors sent soldiers running for their hats as the helicopter spun onto the grass, coming to a stop as several guardsmen hopped out with flags in hand.
    — Ivy Scott, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023

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