conscripted

Example Sentences

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The conductor was Kurt Masur, a German who had been conscripted by the Nazis as a teenager.

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

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 • Feb. 20, 2026

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 • Jan. 3, 2026

Murayama was conscripted into the Japanese Imperial Army in 1944 while studying at university.

From Barron's • Oct. 17, 2025

I was conscripted into kitchen duty with Mother.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly