marshal
noun
a military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies.
marshaled
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past participleof marshal.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof marshal.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
marshalnouna military officer of the highest rank, as in the French and some other armies.
Example Sentences
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But in one of his boldest and strangest films—and, in its day, one of his least heralded—he marshaled his gifts for gigantism to tell a story of intimate scale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
In a chapter titled “Jesus in the Dock,” Wright analogizes the legal forces marshaled against Jesus to the highly imperfect Texas criminal justice system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026
New York City’s charismatic mayor, Zohran Mamdani, won his election as a DSA member in 2025 and has since marshaled political support for fellow progressives running for other offices in the city he runs.
From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026
Don’t question whether he marshaled a compelling reason to do so.
From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2026
He suggested that the combined resources of the attendees, using their clout to access research, publicity, and people with money, could be marshaled to defeat the worldwide menace of TB, one project at a time.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
