legion

Example Sentences

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It scored just one Top 40 hit, 1987’s “Touch of Grey,” but fostered a legion of devoted fans, known as Dead Heads.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

With its trademark improvisational, genre-blending style, the band became known for never performing the same show twice, winning an avid and diverse legion of fans, and selling millions of records.

From Barron's • Jan. 11, 2026

Reiner was a popular figure among a legion of fans, as well as those who called him a neighbor.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

The man said he was a member of the Ukrainian Army's foreign legion and travelled to Ukraine by bus via Poland.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

‘Except he’s also summoned so many monstrous “allies” that the legion is completely surrounded by wild centaurs, tribes of dog-headed cynocephali, and who knows what else.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan