Example Sentences

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I’ll always shout “Go Navy! Beat Army!” knowing that the midshipmen and cadets serve a cause greater than self.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025

The navy did not want its midshipmen wasting their time on such frivolities.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

A retired Navy commander organized an effort to make the banned books available to midshipmen.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2025

But a 1983 graduate lauded the step as showing “a deep commitment” by the school “to unit cohesion, to its midshipmen, faculty and staff.”

From Washington Times • Feb. 27, 2023

At a half mile, Washington continued to lead by about the same margin, with Syracuse just behind them and the midshipmen of Navy, on their outside, just a few feet behind Syracuse.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown