marshal

Example Sentences

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Attendees had to be turned away from one breakfast meeting with top military brass because of legal limits enforced by a fire marshal.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

“We all know that a certain buildup was there in the Arabian Sea and the region,” said Sri Lanka Defense Secretary Sampath Thuyacontha, a retired air vice marshal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The grand marshal of the festival, Butler, who lost his longtime home in Altadena in last year’s Eaton fire, embodies the event’s theme of passing the baton to the next generation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2026

As a semiautonomous Danish territory, Greenland is protected by NATO, which would not only marshal the U.S. military to respond to any attack but would also rally the alliance’s other 31 countries.

From Salon • Jan. 18, 2026

There were no groomsmen, no bridesmaids, no relatives to wait for or marshal: none but Mr. Rochester and I. Mrs. Fairfax stood in the hall as we passed.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë