sapper

Example Sentences

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As she walked farther up the garden, another sapper called after her: “Grandma, look where you’re walking!”

From Washington Post

She described the role as that of a sapper, the first to enter a minefield.

From New York Times

Sounds of explosions could be heard as sappers exploded suspicious objects.

From Washington Times

Polish Navy sappers were trying to neutralize it underwater through burning out its explosives, but it went off in the process.

From Washington Times

Reading Reynolds’s introduction makes the newly arrived reader feel as if he were watching a sapper clear a minefield.

From The New Yorker