How to Use infantryman in a Sentence

infantryman

noun
  • Joseph fought as an infantryman in the forests of the Ardennes.
    — Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Clyde was an infantryman and achieved the rank of private first class.
    — Jennifer Emily, Dallas News, 18 June 2019
  • Payne joined the Army in 2002 as an infantryman and quickly made his way into the Rangers.
    — Aamer Madhani and Jill Colvin, chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2020
  • An Army infantryman, Charlie fought in the largest and bloodiest battle of the war, the Battle of the Bulge.
    — Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2024
  • Marines are deployed around the Capitol while infantrymen guard the White House.
    — Matt Thompson, Spin, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Juan Balleza, a 90-year-old Marine infantryman, choked up when asked about the Battle of Chosin.
    — Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Grek was talking to an infantryman with gray stubble and glasses when a shell crashed in the fields.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
  • His team fended off the assault, but his days as an infantryman were over.
    — Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Thomas was a three-time combat tour infantryman with the 82nd Airborne.
    — Jennifer Griffin | Fox News, Fox News, 11 July 2020
  • These words were written by the wife of an Army infantryman who served six deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
    — Sandra Feist, Star Tribune, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Reed enlisted in the Marines as an infantryman in 2011.
    — Julia Jester, NBC News, 25 July 2023
  • Prather had been an infantryman for the Maryland National Guard for nearly four years, the Guard said in a tweet.
    — Fox News, 5 Mar. 2020
  • Here is Zeno as a young infantryman, fighting in the Korean War.
    — James Wood, The New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2021
  • About 3,000 Union infantrymen approached, put out the conflagration, and then fired on the Rangers.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 12 Mar. 2024
  • As a Marine who served as an infantryman, sometimes the wisdom of war would come back to him in a flash of command insight.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 23 May 2020
  • Tehran would have to provide the Syrian regime with tens of thousands of infantrymen to regain control of the ground.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Long, 39, was an infantryman who served 11 years in the Army, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.
    — Giacomo Bologna, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Maciel, an infantryman who served in the Army for two years, is survived by his father and mother.
    — Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 10 July 2018
  • Maciel, an infantryman who served in the Army for two years, is survived by his father and mother.
    — Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 10 July 2018
  • After boot camp, most of the infantrymen deployed to Vietnam.
    — Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Her father later served as an infantryman in the German army.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Her father later served as an infantryman in the German army.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Jim Jordan is a hard-right warrior, a front-line infantryman eager to storm the Omaha Beach of the culture wars.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The smallest of them, the handheld Rifleman Radio, is supposed to be the infantryman's data link to the wider Army network.
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The smallest of them, the handheld Rifleman Radio, is supposed to be the infantryman's data link to the wider Army network.
    — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, 8 Mar. 2018
  • One hundred and ninety-four infantrymen were saved due to the instinctual acts of Cher Ami.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Amsberry, from Mesa, Ariz., entered the Army in 2003 as an infantryman.
    — Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The former infantryman chose to try his luck in his home country and finally found a place willing to train him in 1928: the Los Angeles School of Flight.
    — Khari Thompson, USA TODAY, 4 May 2021
  • Most men were required to register for the draft, and Taylor didn’t want to risk being drafted as an infantryman.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • Most men were required to register for the draft, and Taylor didn't want to risk being drafted as an infantryman.
    — Kyle Melnick, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023

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