Example Sentences

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In Homer’s “Iliad,” for instance, the Abantes, a faction of spearmen, are described as having “hair long at the back.”

From New York Times • May 17, 2022

A key military development unique to Greece was the phalanx: a unit of spearmen standing in a dense formation, with each using his shield to protect the man to his left.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

He’s waiting for a certain young lady and her dragons before he commits his Dornish spearmen to battle.

From Forbes • Jun. 8, 2015

PADDLE-FOOTING through blue-green waters off the Bahamas, these submarine spearmen are demonstrating one of the fastest growing of modern sports.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You lost, old man?" mocked one of the spearmen.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin