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Example sentences for "campaign"

Lexicographically close words:
camouflaged; camouflaging; camp; campagne; campagnes; campaigned; campaigner; campaigners; campaigning; campaigns
  1. I have passed through Egypt and Italy also; the campaign we are finishing is altogether different.

  2. We are masters of the Donon, our battalions are entering Lorraine; the campaign will not be concluded here, therefore you have no interest in defending such a position.

  3. Oh, yes, Mamma Lefevre," said she, enchanted to perceive that the campaign was going to begin.

  4. This was a campaign era of torch-light processions.

  5. A candidate for office in this campaign will need the use of all his faculties if he is to be successful.

  6. His speeches were apt to cause those whom he addressed to feel that they were no common campaign utterances, but eloquent expressions of principle and conviction, clothed in memorable language, as, indeed, they were.

  7. A promoter of large business schemes was at a disadvantage in a campaign where party feelings ran high and national issues were involved, and Elton knew it.

  8. His speeches reflected complete concentration of his powers on the issues of the campaign and evoked enthusiasm throughout the State by their eloquent arraignment of corporate rapacity at the expense of the sovereign people.

  9. The campaign was full of incidents grateful to Selma's self esteem.

  10. The campaign itself was a fervid repetition of the stirring scenes of two years previous.

  11. The preparations for the autumn campaign were already being considered, and there was likelihood of another close contest between the two political parties.

  12. Rabid Gallophobe, he never pardoned his old general the campaign of Dijon any more than he forgave Victor Emmanuel for having left the Vatican to Pius IX.

  13. He offered a suggestion or two which Pauline incorporated in her proposed campaign of action.

  14. John Laurens, recounting his part in this campaign from the time of Gates's taking command to the date of Lincoln's being wounded, Oct.

  15. Howe's campaign of 1777 was the ruin of his military reputation.

  16. Brief allusions to this campaign are made in Wheeler's Historical Sketches of North Carolina, and in Martin's History of North Carolina.

  17. See also, by the same author, The Campaign of the Allies in Mag.

  18. Pertaining to this movement is a journal of a campaign from Philadelphia to Paulus Hook, by Algernon Roberts (Sparks MSS.

  19. In all the preliminary discussions of the campaign it was contemplated to make the main advance by way of the Mohawk.

  20. Boston, during the campaign of 1777, after he joined the army at Stillwater, Sept.

  21. It was the last concerted effort of Great Britain to regain possession of the West; as the campaign of Clinton and Cornwallis, with its result one year later at Yorktown, was her expiring effort on the Atlantic coast.

  22. The same conclusion had been arrived at by various campaign managers and bodies of independent and upright citizens on divers preceding occasions, without any result worth mentioning.

  23. Each municipal campaign is conducted with an eye to the general fortunes of the party in the State or the nation; and the same power that appoints a janitor in a city hall may dictate the selection of a presidential candidate.

  24. They even contributed liberally to our campaign fund; but the most experienced among them were not hopeful.

  25. Then, in a second his whole attitude towards the campaign was changed.

  26. From his campaign hat to his polished puttees, he was new, new like the lately minted coin that has not long circulated.

  27. Falkins, standing at the turn, became an instant target, and the sergeant saw his campaign hat fly off spinning; saw the officer set his feet farther apart as one who braces himself, and heard the spiteful bark of his revolver.

  28. He was, by his own account, an advocate; but he has left the courts and the fame there to be won, and has availed himself of all the verbal skill and proficiency so acquired for a campaign of abuse against us.

  29. Toady Lion, who thought that the campaign was something to eat, and that it sounded good.

  30. Instantly he dismissed his attendants, put his finger to his forehead, and sat down to draw a map of the campaign in the genuine Napoleonic manner.

  31. He had planned another Italian campaign and a crusade against the unbelievers, but it was strongly represented to him that he ought not to leave France without having an heir.

  32. What the tax collectors left they carried off, and the people in terror and despair left their homes and hid in the woods, longing only that the campaign might be over, whichever side won.

  33. Is it too much to hope that in God's world God's children may be able to do something, if they set to work with a will, to carry out a plan of campaign against these great evils which are the nightmare of our existence?

  34. A Wellington can do far more in a campaign than a Rothschild.

  35. All talk of impossibility only means that you don't believe that the nation cares to enter upon a serious campaign against the enemy at our gates.

  36. How much would be required to establish this Plan of Campaign in all its fulness, overshadowing all the land with its branches laden with all manner of pleasant fruit, I cannot even venture to form a conception.

  37. The following version was shown up by a boy of fifteen in a recent scholarship examination: ‘Hannibal in carrying on his successful campaign met with some different luck in this district.

  38. Serves his first and only campaign under Pompeius Strabo.

  39. Fulvius Nobilior took Ennius with him in his campaign against the Aetolians, as a witness and herald of his deeds.

  40. Antonius carried on a disastrous campaign against Phraates, King of Parthia, but in 20 B.

  41. Segres (a tributary of the Ebro) he fought the most brilliant campaign of all his military life.

  42. But when the campaign was declared, the Brotherhood became an army subject to military discipline, the atamans officers, and the hetman a dictator in command.

  43. Then there would be a general campaign from the lower country against the Commonwealth, which with Tartar assistance might be destructive.

  44. But how sad was the sight of these soldiers who a short time before had marched in gold and plumes, with song on their lips and pride in their eyes, to that campaign against peasants!

  45. He did not go a step, therefore, from Zakshevski's pillow for several hours each day, comforting him as best he could, and strengthening him with the hope that they would still have many a campaign together.

  46. Well, may God give us a campaign under the prince!

  47. In times past, before the campaign of the hetman Jolkyevski against Solonitsa, these roads were not in existence.

  48. A few people had set out--feebly enough--on a campaign of public health: but Christophe could see no sign of it among the people with whom he lived.

  49. Draw up your plan of campaign in the two countries.

  50. And the enthusiasm returns when the campaign for the summer is over, and riding is taken up for pleasure.

  51. At that time the dreaded campaign looked far off, and I was trying to cheat myself into the belief that there might possibly be none at all.

  52. This, from an officer who had served with distinction in the Mexican War, as well as done gallant service in an Indian campaign before the Civil War, was a most grateful compliment to my husband.

  53. With the grave question of the summer campaign in his mind, it probably did not occur to him that he was acting as the envoy extraordinary of Divine Providence to a very anxious, lonely woman.

  54. It was a sad preparation for the campaign that followed.

  55. At the time the expedition formed at Fort Riley, I had little realization what a serious affair an Indian campaign was.

  56. Their blunders last campaign were many and obvious, and particularly that of besieging Bergen-op-zoom.

  57. This is brought into England by Mr. Bathurst, a nephew of Lord Bathurst, who intended to serve a campaign in our family.

  58. Montcalm must just hold on, conduct a defensive campaign and, above all, retain some part of Canada since, as the Duke said with prophetic foresight, if the British once held the whole of the country they would never give it up.

  59. They expected to be consulted before plans of campaign were completed.

  60. Only in the campaign of 1758 did Pitt's dominance become effective.

  61. Local manager, why not an advertising campaign in your town that says: "Beginning Monday and henceforth, ours shall be known as the Conversational Theatre"?

  62. The campaign for a beautiful nation could very well emanate from the west coast, where with the slightest care grow up models for all the world of plant arrangement and tree-luxury.

  63. The work is being used as one basis of the campaign for the New Denver Art Museum, and I like to tell the story of how George W.

  64. He maintained a strict silence on the great problem of the hour, but watched the campaign closely, and often gave sound advice to the managers.

  65. The campaign of 1884 was one of the most remarkable ever fought by the Republican Party.

  66. The campaign of 1852 found the Democrats united; but the Whigs had no promising candidate, and were sorely disorganized, with a stronger anti-slavery element than ever before in its midst.

  67. From the campaign of 1844 to the Civil War the slavery question dominated all others in politics, North and South.

  68. They were not strong in numbers, but as the campaign drew near its close and it was seen that the election would be very close, the seriousness of the Republican revolt was felt.

  69. Thousands of dollars were poured into the campaign funds of the State by both sides, the Democratic Committee having the greater amount to spend and having the better organization.

  70. Before passing to the presidential campaign of 1864, mention must be made of several great legislative acts of the Republican Party during the first few years of its control of the Government.

  71. The struggle in Kansas was inseparably connected with the campaign of 1856.

  72. The Republicans, unhampered by a southern wing and advocating the restriction of a great moral wrong, went into the campaign with the earnestness and enthusiasm of a religious crusade.

  73. Dan, seated ruefully upon the doorstep of a shot-pierced house, was proclaiming the campaign badly managed.

  74. His speeches during the campaign of that year are said to have been warm, fresh, and impassioned, and he was elected by a handsome majority.

  75. To his struggling boyhood and early manhood, and the valuable experience it brought him, Garfield was indebted for the strength and practical knowledge which brought him safely through a campaign conducted against fearful odds.

  76. I have said that the Kentucky campaign was not one of the most important operations of the civil war, but its successful issue was most welcome, coming at the time it did.

  77. Buell said to him at parting: "Colonel, you will be at so great a distance from me, and communication will be so difficult, that I must commit all matters of detail and much of the fate of the campaign to your discretion.

  78. Brisbin's campaign Life of Garfield, I find three of his poetic contributions quoted, two of which I will also transfer to my pages, as likely to possess some interest for my young reader.

  79. I am a servant of the Colonies, and must go where I am sent; we are upon the verge of a campaign involving exposure and battle.

  80. He has opposed every plan in council, imagining, no doubt, a failure of campaign may make him the commander-in-chief.

  81. The championship campaign of the American Association in 1888 proved to be exceptionally interesting in one respect, and that was in the close contest for the lead between the St. Louis, Brooklyn, Athletic and Cincinnati Clubs.

  82. Following is a summary showing the results of each year's campaign since the organization of the League: 1876.

  83. But for this the campaign would have been the most brilliant on record.

  84. A feature of the past campaign of 1888 worthy of remark, too, is the fact of the surprisingly good work on the field accomplished by the so-called "weakened Chicago team.

  85. As it was, however, the contest for the three leading positions by the other five clubs made it exceedingly interesting throughout, New York's final success giving a new impetus to the succeeding campaign of 1889.

  86. A feature of the campaign was the fact that at no time after May was it doubtful in regard to the position of Pittsburgh, Indianapolis and Washington as the three tail-enders of the race.

  87. The detailed record of victories and defeats pitched in during the championship campaign of 1888 by those who pitched in at least five victories, is as follows.

  88. Here is a lesson taught by the campaign of 1888 which points a moral, if it does not adorn a tale.

  89. The Boys of Old Monmouth A story of Washington's campaign in New Jersey in 1778.

  90. The Young Sharpshooter The experiences of a boy in the Peninsular Campaign of 1862, under McClellan.


  91. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "campaign" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.