Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for corporal. Search instead for corporale.
Definitions

corporal

[kawr-per-uhl, -pruhl] / ˈkɔr pər əl, -prəl /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

When Lai was eventually rotated out of the presidential-offices detail and risked losing access to lucrative intelligence, he recruited another sergeant and a corporal in his battalion to take over.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Led by a disaffected corporal who never liked Sutton and who dreams of collapsing the crypto-economy to his financial benefit, the group attempt to take her and the First Family hostage.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

Banning corporal punishment also had been a primary demand of student and teacher activists who took part in widespread Latino student walkouts from L.A. schools in 1968.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

A 96-year-old former RAF corporal who left school when he was 14 has become the oldest contestant in Countdown history.

From BBC • Aug. 11, 2025

“We have enough of everything to last us for a few months. Good job, soldiers,” the corporal congratulated us.

From "A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier" by Ishmael Beah




Vocabulary lists containing corporal


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "corporal" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com