Sentences with 'veteran'
Example sentences and phrases with the word veteran and other words derived from it.
• « And not only Norway. Treholt had been a diligent veteran of the campaign against the Greek Colonels, the right-wing military junta that took over Greece in 1967, and was thus intimately connected with the socialist government there. »
• « Italian fascism was an invention of Italian army veterans. Foremost among them was Benito Mussolini, a combat veteran who had welcomed the war as an opportunity to cleanse and invigorate Italy to grow into a more powerful nation. He was deeply disappointed by its lacklustre consequences. »
• « David Martinez, a veteran World War I artilleryman, was decorated for bravery on the battlefield. But that was many years ago. »
• « The naval struggle: the Argentine government entrusted the veteran sailor Guillermo Brown to organise the defence of the Río de la Plata, which was blockaded by a Brazilian squadron. »