conscript

Example Sentences

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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

He insists his father was a forced conscript and did not support the Nazis.

From Barron's

As a former career waiter, I say without hesitation that I would not want to go to war with a battalion of conscripted foodies.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said that as a young teenager he was conscripted by his uncle into the Afghan national army, but was captured by the Taliban after they took control.

From BBC