conscripted

Example Sentences

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Once conscripted, the pressure to sign a fully-fledged army contract often starts within days.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Under Kenya's laws it is illegal for the country's citizens to be conscripted into foreign armies - an offence that can carry up to a 10-year prison sentence.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026

With able-bodied German men conscripted to fight in the war, workers from the lands the Nazis occupied were drafted to meet the labor shortage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

It’s a more straightforward presentation that keeps audience members in their seats, except for a moment when uprising is in the air and a few theatergoers are conscripted to join the ecstatic rebellion.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

“Those outside who are being conscripted, they are God’s children too.”

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie