"Dragoon" Example Sentences
1. The dragoons rode hard all day.
2. The infantry were dragooned to march all night.
3. The army officer attempted to dragoon the reluctant recruits into joining.
4. The soldiers were dragooned into completing the arduous march.
5. The sergeant tried to dragoon the new recruits with strict discipline.
6. The general attempted to dragoon his subordinates into following his half-baked plan.
7. The commander tried to dragoon the defectors back into the army ranks.
8. The major attempted to dragoon the engineers into working longer hours.
9. She was dragooned into joining the fundraising committee against her will.
10. He was dragooned into attending the office party.
11. The children were dragooned into attending the boring family reunion.
12. I was dragooned into babysitting my cousins for the whole weekend.
13. The students were dragooned into attending the lecture.
14. The subordinates were dragooned into working overtime with no pay.
15. He tried to dragoon me into loaning him money again.
16. The school principal attempted to dragoon the teachers into attending the weekend seminar.
17. The government dragooned the citizens into joining the war effort.
18. The rioters were dragooned out of the parliament building by the police force.
19. The angry mob was dragooned out of the town square.
20. My parents tried to dragoon me into following their career choice.
21. I was dragooned into serving on the welcoming committee.
22. The manager attempted to dragoon his employees into working 60 hours a week.
23. The coach dragooned the reluctant players into attending extra practices.
24. The driver attempted to dragoon his passengers into paying higher fares.
25. The members were dragooned into attending the assembly.
26. The villagers were dragooned into providing food and supplies for the army.
27. The strikers were dragooned back into the factory by the guards.
28. The navy attempted to dragoon criminals into serving on board their ships.
29. The recruits were dragooned into marching in formation.
30. The protesters were dragooned off the premises by security.
31. My friends tried to dragoon me into attending the party with them.
32. The activists were dragooned out of the administration building.
33. The cadets were dragooned into participating in military drills.
34. The employees were dragooned into working longer hours without overtime pay.
35. The staff were dragooned into attending the meetings that wasted their time.
36. The dragoons charged into the square on horseback.
37. The dragoons dispersed the angry crowd.
38. The dragoons rounded up the rebels.
39. The dragoons pursued the fleeing enemy soldiers.
40. The dragoons galloped through the town.
41. The dragoons subdued the rioters with truncheons and bayonets.
42. He attempted to dragoon me into helping him again despite my previous refusals.
43. She was dragooned into organizing all of the social events.
44. The protestors were dragooned out of the capital building by armed guards.
45. The workers were dragooned back into the mine after their strike was broken.
46. The cadets were dragooned into serving as waiters at the officer's dinner.
47. The dragoons forced the resisters into submission.
48. The factory workers were dragooned into working 16 hour shifts.
49. The porters were dragooned into carrying the officers' luggage.
50. The dragoons rounded up the dissenters and arrested them.
51. The factory hands were dragooned into working through the night.
52. The spouses were dragooned into attending the boring dinner party.
53. The exhausted soldiers were dragooned to keep marching.
54. The pensioners were dragooned into providing free volunteer labor.
55. The audience was dragooned into sitting through the tedious lecture.
56. The privileged attempted to dragoon the underprivileged into serving them.
57. The cadets were dragooned into marching in formation for hours.
58. The dragoons swept through the town on horseback, arresting dissidents.
59. The volunteers were dragooned into taking on more responsibilities.
60. The rioters were dragooned out of the shops and off the streets.
Common Phases
1.
Dragooned into - Forced to do something unwillingly or reluctantly, as in He was
dragooned into attending the family reunion.
2. Attempt to
dragoon - Try to force someone reluctantly, as in The manager attempted to
dragoon his employees into working extra hours.
3.
Dragoon someone into - Make someone do something unwillingly, as in His parents tried to
dragoon him into following their career choice.
4. Try to
dragoon - Make an effort to force unwillingly, as in She tried to
dragoon me into lending her money again.
5. Forced to
dragoon - Compelled to make someone do something reluctantly, as in The coach was forced to
dragoon the reluctant players into extra practices.
6. Were
dragooned - Were forced unwillingly, as in The workers were
dragooned back into the mine after their strike.
7.
Dragooned out of - Forced out of somewhere reluctantly, as in The rioters were
dragooned out of the shops and off the streets.
8.
Dragooned back - Forced back unwillingly, as in The strikers were
dragooned back into the factory.
9.
Dragoon into submission - Force into obedience unwillingly, as in The
dragoons forced the resisters into submission.
10.
Dragoon troops - Use
dragoons to discipline or control troops, as in The general used
dragoons to
dragoon his unruly troops into marching order.