RECONNAISSANCE in a Sentence

Learn RECONNAISSANCE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

Example sentences for RECONNAISSANCE, such as:

1. Enjolras had been to make a reconnaissance.
2. The squadron flew on a reconnaissance mission.
3. The helicopter was returning from a reconnaissance mission.
4. They were taken prisoner while on a reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines.
5. That led Hyland to a job in reconnaissance and deployment to Iraq in October 2006.

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 Meanings and Examples of RECONNAISSANCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
reconnaissance
 n.  gain information about enemy; inspection or exploration of an area
Classic Sentence:
1  Enjolras had been to make a reconnaissance.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER III—LIGHT AND SHADOW
Example Sentence:
1  The helicopter was returning from a reconnaissance mission.
2  They were taken prisoner while on a reconnaissance mission behind enemy lines.
3  The squadron flew on a reconnaissance mission.
4  That led Hyland to a job in reconnaissance and deployment to Iraq in October 2006.
5  Syria said Saturday it shot down a Turkish reconnaissance plane because the plane entered its airspace, insisting it was "not an attack" as both sides desperately tried to de-escalate the episode before it exploded into a regional conflagration.