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Example sentences for "invade"

Lexicographically close words:
inure; inured; inuring; inutile; inutility; invaded; invader; invaders; invades; invading
  1. Did I invade it when I marched to deliver the people from the usurped dominion and insolence of a few senators?

  2. Philip sent a large armada to invade England, but it was defeated and dispersed.

  3. When Saud died in 1814 he was preparing to invade Syria.

  4. Lest the censures should be discredited by a blank discharge, engagements were entered into, that within four months of the promulgation of the sentence, the emperor would invade England, and Henry should be deposed.

  5. I think not contrary, but they will join and take part with the Irish, and so invade our realm.

  6. And the common bruit is, that his practice is to win the Geraltynes and the Breenes; and that the emperour intendeth shortly to send an army to invade the cities and towns by the sea coasts of this land.

  7. The Spaniards might invade him as they threatened.

  8. The Sardinian position of Saorgio had been turned, and the passes of the Alps were opened to the French, who were thus in a position to invade Italy on the one hand and Holland on the other.

  9. Flum, somewhat nonplused, allowed a smile of endurance to invade his broad inexpressive face, and rejoined with what he was pleased to consider very nice wit.

  10. Long had they waited the coming of this day--the day when she would invade Europe, and fight the battle of Liberty against despotism.

  11. Irene would spring up in bed, dare her mother to invade her slumbers, and frighten her with immediately vanishing into the night-air and spending the rest of her time in the boat.

  12. Far off we hear the waves with surly sound Invade the rocks, the rocks their groans rebound.

  13. The queen, who saw the foes invade the town, And brands on tops of burning houses thrown, Cast round her eyes, distracted with her fear- No troops of Turnus in the field appear.

  14. Twas of a well-grown stag, whose antlers rise High o'er his front; his beams invade the skies.

  15. A nameless crowd succeed; their forces join T' invade the town, oppress'd with sleep and wine.

  16. The King of England promised once more to invade France, and to supply Charles with the money he so sorely needed; while Bourbon was to do homage to the English King, as King of France.

  17. French invade Naples, but are recalled by defeat of | St. Quentin.

  18. The Pope and the Duke of Savoy were to send troops to exterminate the Vaudois and to attack Geneva, while Philip was to invade Navarre.

  19. Solyman was again threatening to invade his dominions.

  20. Three large armies were raised: one to penetrate into Spain by the way of Fontarabia; the second to invade Roussillon and seize Salces on the frontier; the third to re-enter Italy.

  21. At the same time he supported the Calvinists of Geneva, who were in rebellion against the Duke of Savoy and their bishop, and stirred up the Swiss of Bern to invade the district of Vaud.

  22. For the first time we knew that Germany was about to invade France, and that she would probably march her troops through Belgium for that purpose.

  23. Three great masses of men are assembling on the Rhine, ready to invade France.

  24. For more than eight hundred years no hostile army has dared to invade us, and our people have never been forced to lay down their tools and snatch up their weapons to drive away the invader.

  25. In answer to other questions, he said that the action of France might force Germany to invade Belgium.

  26. I want you to notice especially that the Germans did not propose to invade France by the routes which they followed in 1870.

  27. They therefore decided to invade France by the easy route through Belgium, even though they would have to break a solemn treaty by so doing.

  28. When Frederick the Great was about to invade Silesia, Maria Theresa, holding her young son in her arms, begged the Hungarian nobles to fight for her.

  29. If an enemy held these ports, and was able to drive our navy from the North Sea, he might invade us very easily.

  30. Drake and Ralegh plundered Spanish ships for American gold and silver, much of which was used to pay for the war with Spain, which planned to invade England, even after the unsuccessful attempt by the Spanish Armada in 1588.

  31. Postel says that Ibrahim certainly had no understanding with the emperor, as is proved by the fact that the latter did not use the unexampled opportunity of the Persian war to invade Turkey, an argument which seems to us strong.

  32. Let us preserve our strength for the French, the English, the German, or whoever else shall dare to invade our territory, and not exhaust it in civil commotion and intestine wars.

  33. If the English take Orleans, the key of Touraine and Poitou, and they then invade those provinces, what will then be left to you?

  34. The fortress surrendered to famine at the beginning of the year 1640, and the second attempt of Richelieu to invade Spain failed.

  35. And I for one, your Majesty, will not rest content unless I be of those who are to invade his lands.

  36. They are the ships of Hakon of Norway, who now intends to invade the mainland.

  37. We do therefore order that Rudri, with five stout ships, shall sail hence in two days' time and invade that island.

  38. They knew only that they were to invade the land of their enemies; that was enough.

  39. If a Confederate force would only invade the North, their ranks would be augmented by these thousands.

  40. They held out inducements to the South to invade the North, and there is but little doubt that Morgan was lured to his destruction by their representations.

  41. In fact, General Kirby Smith had already set out from Knoxville to invade Eastern Kentucky, and General Bragg was nearly ready to take the initiative from Chattanooga.

  42. Kirby Smith; this army was to invade Kentucky by way of East Tennessee, while General Bragg was to invade by way of Middle Tennessee.

  43. It was this force which confronted General Kirby Smith as he set out to invade Kentucky.

  44. This officer affirmed that he carried a message from Breckinridge to Morgan, saying that the former had positive information that forty thousand armed “Knights” stood ready to assist Morgan if he would invade Indiana.

  45. The Lacedaemonians and their allies shall not invade or injure the King's country: neither shall the King invade or injure that of the Lacedaemonians or of their allies.

  46. Immediately after the affair at Plataea, Lacedaemon sent round orders to the cities in Peloponnese and the rest of her confederacy to prepare troops and the provisions requisite for a foreign campaign, in order to invade Attica.

  47. Fought in their territory the battle will be for ours: if we conquer, the Peloponnesians will never invade your country without the Boeotian horse, and in one battle you will win Boeotia and in a manner free Attica.

  48. Should any enemy invade the territory of Lacedaemon and injure the Lacedaemonians, the Athenians shall help in such way as they most effectively can, according to their power.

  49. Confidence might possibly be felt in our superiority in heavy infantry and population, which will enable us to invade and devastate their lands.

  50. First the Athenians were masters of Egypt, and the King sent Megabazus a Persian to Lacedaemon with money to bribe the Peloponnesians to invade Attica and so draw off the Athenians from Egypt.

  51. The same winter the Athenians in Sicily and the Rhegians, with thirty ships, made an expedition against the islands of Aeolus; it being impossible to invade them in summer, owing to the want of water.

  52. The next winter the Lacedaemonians intended to invade the Argive territory, but arriving at the frontier found the sacrifices for crossing unfavourable, and went back again.

  53. We have long heard of the name and conquests of the Arabs: we were apprehensive of their attack from the East; they have now conquered Spain, and invade our country on the side of the West.

  54. As the subjects and sectaries of the white party, they might lawfully invade the dominions of the black caliphs.

  55. It is a very justifiable cause of a war, to invade a country after the people have been wasted by famine, destroyed by pestilence, or embroiled by factions among themselves.

  56. He shall be our ally against our enemies in the island of Blefuscu, and do his utmost to destroy their fleet, which is now preparing to invade us.

  57. Their land also is most suitable, being full of mountains and rocks, and even if the Medes should invade it, they will be driven back with loss.

  58. In order to prevent this, Salm and Tur invade Iran.

  59. Should he invade the Austrian crown lands, and dictate peace to Ferdinand II.

  60. Under his management, it soon became the question, not whether the French flotilla was to invade the British shores, but whether it was to remain in safety in the French harbours.

  61. With jealousy swarming, The people are arming, The frights of oppression invade them.


  62. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "invade" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    adopt; advance; appropriate; arrogate; assume; attack; beset; board; breach; crash; descend; elbow; encroach; enter; entrench; foist; foray; impinge; impose; infest; infiltrate; infringe; insinuate; interfere; intermeddle; interpose; intervene; intrude; inundate; invade; meddle; obtrude; occupy; overrun; overspread; overstep; overwhelm; penetrate; permeate; pillage; plague; pretend; raid; ravage; scale; seize; storm; swarm; transgress; trench; trespass; usurp