How to Use prisoner of war in a Sentence

prisoner of war

noun phrase
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  • The top of the chair bore the logo for prisoners of war and soldiers who were missing in action.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2023
  • Trump mocked the 5 1/2 years McCain spent as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • This year, Redmon traveled to Hanoi with a group of former prisoners of war, many of whom had flown the same missions as his dad.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Taken as a prisoner of war, he was held for only 22 hours as the Allies pressed their advance.
    — Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
  • Often, the reprisals would be meted out on prisoners of war, who were near at hand and could easily be killed.
    — Oona A. Hathaway, Foreign Affairs, 23 Apr. 2024
  • Many people have called the island home over the years, from Portuguese fishermen to prisoners of war.
    — Madeline Bilis, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Thousands of people are believed to be held as prisoners of war by all sides since the conflict erupted.
    — Ahmed Al-Haj and Samy Magdy, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The 3-2 affirmative vote amended the city’s policy to allow only the flying of the United States flag, the state flag, the city flag and the prisoner of war flag.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2024
  • In the ensuing weeks, U.S. prisoners of war were released and the last American combat troops were sent home.
    — Norman Kempster, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Opened in 1917 as a training camp for soldiers, it was used as a recruit training post and prisoner of war camp during World War II.
    — Baltimore Sun, 12 May 2023
  • Most of the Red Army monuments in Germany are believed to have been built above the graves of Soviet soldiers or prisoners of war.
    — Ekaterina Bodyagina, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Thousands of people are still believed to be held as prisoners of war since the conflict erupted, with others missing.
    — Ahmed Al-Haj and Samy Magdy, ajc, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Miller’s amendment would ban any flags or pennants other than the U.S. flag, the flag of a U.S. state or territory, or the flag for prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2023
  • One man might describe how he was tortured as a prisoner of war, or another might recall the day his brother was hauled away from their home, never to be seen again.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The post claims the conversation was between two Ukrainian soldiers deciding to shoot a prisoner of war.
    — John Bacon, USA TODAY, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Last year, the library pulled from its own archives to help create an exhibit marking the 50th anniversary of the release of prisoners of war following the end of the Vietnam War.
    — Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 11 Apr. 2024
  • She was hired to interview Vietnamese prisoners of war for the Rand Corporation.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Instead, their people were made prisoners of war, Apache Stronghold argues.
    — Kevin Rector, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2023
  • Remains missing for decades In the months following the combat, Story’s remains could not be found or identified and he was not recorded as a prisoner of war, the joint statement said.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 29 May 2023
  • The Geneva Conventions call for prisoners of war to be exchanged after fighting has ended.
    — Isobel Koshiw, Washington Post, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Some were prisoners of war or victims of piracy, while others were born into enslavement.
    — Brendan Rascius, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
  • Senators have made pilgrimages there as well - most famously McCain, who in 2009 visited the prison known as the Hanoi Hilton, where he was tortured and held for five years as a prisoner of war.
    — Matt Viser, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Were American prisoners of war really left to their own devices in German camps?
    — Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Soldiers who are being held as prisoners of war were interviewed in person in rebel compounds by a Post journalist, beyond the earshot of their captors.
    — Rebecca Tan, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • They are designed to protect people who do not take part in the fighting, such as civilians, medics and aid workers, as well as those who can no longer fight, such as wounded and sick combatants, and prisoners of war.
    — Cynthia McFadden, NBC News, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Because Yiddish is similar to the German language, Isadore served at times as a translator for German prisoners of war.
    — Bob Hohler, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
  • Even as the two sides are locked in full-scale conflict, Ukrainian and Russian officials have been exchanging hundreds of prisoners of war almost weekly.
    — Carlotta Gall Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 20 June 2023
  • By 1503, the encomienda system was in place, with the original intent to decrease the abuse of Natives who were prisoners of war; however, the practice is viewed today as a form of enslavement (www.britannica.com).
    — Matthew Guarnieri, David Generoso, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Another study found that the sons of Union Army soldiers who endured grueling conditions as prisoners of war were more likely to die young than the sons of soldiers who were not prisoners.
    — Laura Newberry, Los Angeles Times, 12 Dec. 2023
  • They were not forced to dig Russia’s defensive fortifications, nor was there an effort to exchange them for Russian prisoners of war in Ukraine.
    — Ivan Nechepurenko, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2023

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