marching soldiers

collocation in English

meaningsofmarchandsoldier

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march
noun
uk
/mɑːtʃ/us
/mɑːrtʃ/
an event in which a large number of people walk through a public place to express their support for something, or their disagreement with or disapproval ...
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soldier
noun[C]
uk
/ˈsəʊl.dʒər/us
/ˈsoʊl.dʒɚ/
a person who is in an army and wears its uniform, especially someone who fights when there is ...
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(Definition ofmarchandsoldierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Long narrow lines of marching soldiers were unable to easily stop and about-face.
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As the goat progressed, he was taught to get used to sounds and noises coming from marching soldiers.
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Its people built citadels, fortifications and tombs rather than palaces, and decorated their pottery with bands of marching soldiers rather than octopus and seaweed.
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As late as the 1890s, the spontoon could still be seen accompanying marching soldiers.
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With the revolutionaries hidden behind trenches, the marching soldiers would not see the cut until they have traversed part of the span thus entrapping them.
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An audio track filled the room with the sounds of marching soldiers and hysterical laughter.
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Seminoles shadowed the marching soldiers for five days.
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Soon afterward the grounds were covered with marching soldiers preparing for a very different contest.
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Having survived the war as a child, he portrays the suffering of common people instead of youthfully marching soldiers or triumphant military leaders.
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She is later waylaid by marching soldiers.
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When the player does manage to hit the opposing cannon, the reward is a brief animation of comically marching soldiers at the bottom of the screen.
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