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Example sentences for "hostile country"

  • This passed the entire distance through a hostile country, and every foot of it had to be protected by troops.

  • When Napoleon retired from Smolensk, he used the second method, having the portions of his army separated by an entire march.

  • Strategically, an invasion leads to deep lines of operations, which are always dangerous in a hostile country.

  • It is the marked difference of advantage between a line at home and one in a hostile country.

  • Up to this time he was very successful; and but for the difficulty of taking with him sufficient ordnance stores over so long a march, through a hostile country, he would, no doubt, have captured Lynchburg.

  • The distance was about three hundred and thirty miles through a hostile country.

  • Nashville, our chief depot, was itself partially in a hostile country, and even the routes of supply from Louisville to Nashville by rail, and by way of the Cumberland River, had to be guarded.

  • It is always well for a patrol to avoid main highways when the enemy is near, especially in hostile country, but here the time saved more than justifies the use of the direct route.

  • History fully supports Napoleon's opinion of the great danger of penetrating far into a hostile country to attack the capital, even when that capital is without fortifications.

  • But, in a hostile country, or in one already passed over by the enemy, it will not be safe to rely with confidence upon obtaining craft of this character.

  • When an army has penetrated into the heart of a hostile country, leaving a number of fortified cities in its rear, it is serious ground.

  • If they are in hostile country, they will show a stubborn front.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hostile country" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    better tell; each flank; each guest; even although; high relief; hostile cities; hostile country; hostile fire; hostile heroes; hostile manner; hostile territory; kiss her; make much; must show; must stand; protective mimicry; shook himself; sometimes quite; strong heat; thy life; trust thee; white crystalline; will multiply; yellow spot; yellowish white; your sister