conscript

Example Sentences

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In the four years that have followed, as the war has ground on and the initial patriotic fervour has died down, thousands more have been conscripted.

From BBC

It’s a more straightforward presentation that keeps audience members in their seats, except for a moment when uprising is in the air and a few theatergoers are conscripted to join the ecstatic rebellion.

From Los Angeles Times

Temporary arrangements to continue it were formally ended by the court last year, forcing the government to begin conscripting the community.

From BBC

Trudging through snow, a young Finnish conscript carefully draws a thin blue wire between two pine trees.

From Barron's

I thank God that Papa was too old to be conscripted into the army.

From Literature