Examples of 'was manned' in a sentence

Meaning of "was manned"

The phrase 'was manned' suggests that a particular place, position, or equipment was staffed or operated by individuals. It indicates that sufficient personnel or operators were present to carry out the necessary tasks or duties associated with the place or equipment. This phrase is commonly used in contexts related to manned spacecraft, manned security checkpoints, manned stations, or any situation requiring human presence to ensure proper functioning

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It was manned by two soldiers armed with carbines.
The pillbox was manned.
It was manned by one company of cavalry and one of infantry.
Each tower was six metres high and was manned by one soldier.
The post was manned by five persons.
The USNS designation indicates that the ship was manned by civilians.
It was manned for many years but is now unstaffed.
After the war this was manned by Danish troops.
It was manned by seven to ten soldiers and one officer.
The second Silver fleet boat was manned by a variety of sailors.
It was manned by a crew of only sixteen.
The conspicuous fishing boat named Summer Bliss was manned with an unarmed crew of four.
It was manned by naval gunners.
The palisade was hastily replaced with floating fir tree trunks and the Schnitzturm was manned.
That post was manned by recruits.

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Then on its third launch the huge Saturn V was manned.
That elevator was manned by an elevator operator.
The post was probably a small unfortified structure, which was manned by three persons.
The biggest stall was manned by a representative of the creators themselves.
It was M'Pherson, the hapless father of the unfortunate youths by whom she was manned.
The fort was manned by a crew of two with light machine guns.
Initially, the fort was manned by fishermen.
It was manned by two pilots and cosmonauts of the USSR.
The station was manned from Oslo.
It was manned with a trained Russian crew.
The first Death Star was manned by the lmperial Army.
It was manned by a small garrison of Continental soldiers through the entirety of the war.
This battery was manned by Belgians.
It was manned by the Royal Navy but was damaged by enemy fire.
A small position, it was manned primarily by reservists.
It was manned by four soldiers armed with BKT weapons and GC rifles.
However, the wing was manned at minimum levels.
It was manned by the personal of Coastal Regiments of the Royal Artillery.
Trust me, those guys have not been happy since before there was manned spaceflight.
Each tower was manned and maintained by one of the city guilds.
Trust me, those guys have not been happy since before there was manned space flight.
The front desk was manned by only one or two people.
The Blockade was under the auspices of the Navy, and was manned by their personnel.
Every battle position was manned and ready for action when it came.
Josephus says that the new citadel ( fortress ) overlooking the temple was manned by a Macedonian garrison.
This last fort was manned for one and half year before being abandoned.
However, she was not commissioned into the RAN, but was manned by her civilian crew.
One was manned by a younger Korean man.
A highly successful and popular service, it was manned voluntarily exclusively by local Cablelink engineers.
Tornado was manned by a prize crew commanded by naval lieutenant Manuel de Bustillo y Pery.
Because of a British manpower shortage, she was manned by Canadians during and after repair operations.
The ship was manned and operated by a crew from the Russian Imperial Navy.
At Hong Kong, every battle position was manned and ready for action.
The refinery was manned by prisoners of the Szebnie concentration camp nearby.
Already in the early eighteenth century, the Fort of St. Matthew was manned and rearmed.

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