lieutenant
Example Sentences
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“Former Lieutenant Governor Fairfax was recently served some paperwork associated with an upcoming court proceeding that apparently led to this incident last night,” Davis told reporters.
From Salon • Apr. 16, 2026
In season 2 of “High Potential,” your character Lieutenant Soto faces a moment of defeat when she’s not chosen to be captain.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026
"I guess we are here to fulfil what our neighbours expect from us," Lieutenant Colonel Sebastian Hagen, the commander of Panzerbrigade 45, told me.
From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026
However, Africom Lieutenant General John Brennan told AFP earlier this year that "we're not in the market to create a drone base anywhere" when asked about replacing the Niger operations.
From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026
His name is Lieutenant Commander Henry Gorringe, and all the newspapers are talking about him.
From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman
Vocabulary lists containing lieutenant
English Words Derived from French, List 1
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National Spelling Bee '14: Prelims Round 2
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Commonly Misspelled Words, List 6
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