privates

Example Sentences

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What, Henry asks, “have kings, that privates have not too, save ceremony, save general ceremony?”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

They’re going to put aspartame in this possibly-causing-cancer category, along with, oh, putting talcum powder on your privates, or working in a dry cleaner.

From Slate • Jun. 29, 2023

The army statement included photos of the four: a corporal, a lance-corporal and two privates.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2023

He said that those freed included 11 officers and 85 privates and noncommissioned officers.

From New York Times • Oct. 17, 2022

We had been privates in the war, infantry scouts.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut