sapper

Example Sentences

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"Of course, it slows down the movement of troops," said the commander of a nine-man sapper squad with the call sign Dill.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2023

As for the vast stretches of minefields still lying in front of Ukraine's counter-attack - Dill, the sapper squad commander near Bakhmut, was quietly confident.

From BBC • Jul. 3, 2023

A sapper contracted a fever and realized that her wisdom teeth were coming in.

From Washington Post • Aug. 4, 2017

Yet Kip's horror can just as much be ascribed to his role as a sapper as to his race.

From The Guardian • Mar. 4, 2011

He promised that we would soon have a satire acted upon the rebels, writ by the notorious wit Major-General Burgoyne, with curtain-tunes and airs by this same excellent sapper to please the crowd.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson