NOUN
- United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801)
How To Use Benedict Arnold In A Sentence
- Americans tried to take part of British Canada in December 1775, when forces led by Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery unsuccessfully attacked Quebec.
- the infamous Benedict Arnold
- the faithless Benedict Arnold
- He established a spy ring in 1780 to reveal that Major General Benedict Arnold was a traitor.
- He had only one option - to brazen it out and hope that, like Benedict Arnold, he would survive.
- Six months later, Mason referred to Randolph as “young Arnold,” comparing him with Benedict Arnold, the archtraitor of the Revolution.60 Randolph’s questionable maneuver was, however, successful: It prevented any serious effort by the Virginia convention to coordinate its actions with New York. Ratification
- Indeed, comparing him to Benedict Arnold is instructive: both gifted men were at times disgracefully ill-used.
