How to Use invasion in a Sentence

invasion

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  • The town is gearing up for the annual tourist invasion.
  • The people live under a constant threat of invasion.
  • The enemy launched an invasion.
  • The performance, of course, was a hit, and before long, the British rock ‘n’ roll invasion had begun.
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Now the ground invasion is expected to expand into parts of the south.
    — Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • Ukraine may be facing the toughest chapter of its war since the first days of Russia’s invasion.
    — Dmytro Kuleba, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2024
  • That war has so far included a series of airstrikes as well as a ground invasion.
    — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2023
  • Some, such has the land mines strewn across Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, are meant to lie dormant.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Celeste was taken from her home on the day of the invasion and was killed on the way to Gaza, said her uncle, who didn’t know more of the circumstances of her death.
    — WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
  • One need look no further than the American invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan.
    — Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The film became a look at a wartime president and his country’s defense of freedom against the threat of invasion.
    — Selena Kuznikov, Variety, 1 July 2024
  • Tom Cruise stars in this massive-scale alien invasion epic, with Dakota Fanning along for the ride as his daughter.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Then the American invasion, then the Taliban came back.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 July 2024
  • Before the Spanish invasion in the 15th century, the Guanche would climb the mountain every summer with their flocks of goats.
    — Sarah Souli, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2023
  • Punakha Dzong is among the most beautiful fortresses in Bhutan, built at the confluence of two rivers to thwart invasions from Tibet.
    — Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 8 June 2023
  • Drones have played a major role in Ukraine’s war against Russia’s invasion and in Israel’s attacks on Gaza.
    — Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The Israeli military said at least 256 soldiers have been killed since the ground invasion of Gaza began.
    — NBC News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The story centers on a young woman living on the outskirts of a galaxy who must find a group of warriors to save the galaxy from an invasion from a tyrant.
    — Jaden Thompson, Variety, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Israel’s invasion of the south, which started in early December, has forced people to move every few days to stay out of the line of fire.
    — Adam Rasgon, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Healthy milkweed plants can withstand an invasion of aphids.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Aug. 2024
  • That compares with a year-ago net loss of €535.1 million, when Wizz was hit by a surge in fuel prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
    — Kate Duffy, Bloomberg.com, 8 June 2023
  • She’s given the task of finding warriors who can fend off an impending invasion by an evil despot.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The following month, her friends counter-sued him for invasion of privacy.
    — Sanya Mansoor, Time, 26 July 2023
  • The next year, with February’s full-scale invasion, the premiere set for May was postponed until the war’s eventual end.
    — Kostiantyn Khudov, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • The camp was originally established in 1939 by the Dutch before the German invasion of the Netherlands.
    — Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2024
  • In Gaza, people are on the move from Gaza City and elsewhere, fearing an expecting Israeli invasion.
    — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
  • But two years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the factories Russia had promised to revive in the region are in ruins.
    — Maria Varenikova Nicole Tung, New York Times, 21 Apr. 2024
  • Of 32 farm invasions over two years, only one involved an elephant breaking through the hives; the rest occurred at points in the perimeter that were lined instead with thorn bushes.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 24 July 2024
  • But how Hamas’ defeat will be measured and an invasion’s endgame remain unclear.
    — Isabel Debre, Julia Frankel, and Sam Magdy, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Oct. 2023
  • Many are from the 55 counties that declared an invasion, The Center Square exclusively reported.
    — Bethany Blankley | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 13 Aug. 2024

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