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standing army

NOUN
  1. a permanent army of paid soldiers

How To Use standing army In A Sentence

  • By the time of the Revolution, the standing army had become a symbol of repressive authority and arbitrary rule.
  • NATO is a standing army supervised by its 19 member states, but heavily influenced by the US.
  • The combination of this ideology, the education of Spartan males, and the disciplined maintenance of a standing army gave the Spartans much needed stability.
  • A large peacetime standing army was unpopular with the political nation. The British way in Warfare - 1688-2000
  • The force will not be a standing army but will have a permanent headquarters in Brussels and will be formed at short notice.
  • To avoid an eventual catastrophic world conflict, the U.N. must be strengthened with a standing army.
  • You have met, mobbed, rabbled, and thrown dirt at one another, but election by mob is no more free election than Oliver's election by a standing army. Daniel Defoe
  • Indonesia saw the peacekeeping force as a standing army ready to go to any embattled country to help to restore civil order.
  • _ -- Might a just comparison not be drawn between these "dogies" and the type of men we now recruit for our standing Army? Ranching, Sport and Travel
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