How to Use regimental in a Sentence

regimental

adjective
  • Among them were five of six members of the color guard that bore the regimental flag.
    — Bill Steiden, Des Moines Register, 24 Mar. 2026
  • There were older men, with regimental berets and medals on their chests from past service.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2022
  • His regimental coat was festooned with epaulets (fringed) and silver buttons (dazzling).
    — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Made of silk or nylon, they’re typically affixed to a unit’s regimental flag.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2022
  • Side tables reference old leather school trunks, British aircraft or regimental drums.
    — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019
  • The regimental band is credited with bringing jazz to Europe.
    — Radhika Chalasani, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The headquarters staff and the regimental battalion commanders who were in conference with them at the time have been killed by one shell.
    — Literary Hub, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The green-blue teal also perfectly matched the plumes worn in the bearskin hats of the Guards and features prominently in their regimental badge.
    — Monique Jessen, Peoplemag, 20 Mar. 2023
  • There’s an unidentified regimental band — more than 40 strong — photographed while sitting in the grass with instruments and huge bass drum.
    — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The jacket was cut with a firm shoulder line and epaulets, while rows of silver-toned buttons and horizontal white bands brought in the regimental reference.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Her mother liked Frank and jokingly conspired against Frances, complaining about her dress sense or her regimental life style.
    — Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
  • Thomas Preston, the regimental captain, rushed to his side, accompanied by seven men.
    — Stacy Schiff, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2022
  • Shaw is killed attempting to lead his men in a final assault as is Trip, who falls having finally embraced the regimental colors.
    — Kevin M. Levin, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Germano believed that much of the failure rested with the depot’s regimental commander, Col.
    — Janet Reitman, New York Times, 6 July 2017
  • Queen Angela's escort was smartly dressed in regimental blue, with gold epaulets befitting high rank and renown, and the queen's train required four attendants.
    — Michael Dumas, AL.com, 7 Feb. 2018
  • However, among his Black recruits was James Reese Europe tapped to lead the regimental marching band.
    — Radhika Chalasani, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2021
  • The name of the parade derives from the custom of the various regiments showing off their regimental flags, then crucial on battlefields for troops to recognize in the fog of war.
    — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 8 June 2019
  • The color, or regimental flag, which was trooped in the ceremony belongs to the 1st Battalion Welsh Guards.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 17 June 2023
  • Britain had a tough time dealing with the tank because of its old regimental system, which is the idea that officers took their identity from this particular kind of unit that had a history going back centuries.
    — Isaac Chotiner, Slate Magazine, 6 Sep. 2017
  • She was last seen in the afternoon in the parking lot of her regimental engineer squadron headquarters on the sprawling Army post outside Killeen, wearing a black T-shirt.
    — Sig Christenson, ExpressNews.com, 23 June 2020
  • For fall 2026, Gallici paired the same romantic details with regimental coats, cropped Napoleon jackets and biker leather.
    — Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The Royal Welsh Museum’s website said mascots have a regimental number and rank as well as a salary for their uniform, accommodations and food.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA TODAY, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Military bands will perform, regimental flags will process down the ranks and the Officer in Command of the Parade will issue words of command to direct the soldiers.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 9 June 2023
  • During each Trooping the Colour ceremony, one from among the Foot Guard regiments takes its turn presenting its regimental colors down the ranks.
    — Erin Hill, PEOPLE.com, 8 June 2018
  • During a single month of the Wilderness Campaign, the Army lost 30 of its 41 brigade commanders, and, at the regimental level, the carnage was even worse.
    — Patrick T. Reardon, chicagotribune.com, 27 Apr. 2017
  • In 1808, for instance, Coxe recorded that yards of blue fabric were en route to her; weeks later, the craftswoman submitted a bill for two garrison flags, two silk flags and seven regimental colors.
    — Marla Miller, The Conversation, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Her preferred theory is that the giant was created by Roman infantrymen as a regimental insignia, like the Fovant Badges of Wiltshire.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 12 May 2021
  • In 1864, during the Battle of Chaffin’s Farm, the regimental color bearer was wounded on the battlefield.
    — Baltimore Sun, 1 Feb. 2023
  • Gone were the swooping balconies, replaced by new balconies in regimental tiers with seats that oddly faced the opposite side of the hall, providing New York chiropractors with scores of patients who had spent hours craning their necks.
    — Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Another video shows a Russian regimental deputy commander describing the role of drones in providing cover and support during an assault on Volokhovka in the Kharkiv region.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026

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