captain

Example Sentences

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"We haven't played our best cricket, but at the end of the day, we've made it through and we're heading to Sri Lanka, so we can be happy about that," said England captain Harry Brook.

From Barron's

“You’re the captain of your own ship. I guess you could sit and wait for it to sink, but I don’t see the point of that. You have to sail the high seas.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Smith answered an SOS call last week and flew to Sri Lanka after captain and regular opening batsman Mitchell Marsh was injured by a throw-down during batting practice in Colombo a week ago.

From Barron's

Matthews, the Toronto Maple Leafs’ captain, doubled the advantage 3:25 into the second period, poking the rebound of a Quinn Hughes’ shot by Franzreb for his second power-play goal of the Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times

"When you play a team like that you have to be good at everything," said former England and British and Irish Lions captain Martin Johnson on BBC One.

From BBC