sergeant
Example Sentences
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Then—bang—Mr. Irmis was asking for my pencil, which he might as well have broken over his knee the way the French sergeant broke the sword of Alfred Dreyfus.
A fifth officer, a sergeant, arrived and informed detectives that Moran was refusing a medical exam and treatment, according to the police report.
From Los Angeles Times
The overburdened sergeant rarely gets more than two hours of uninterrupted sleep.
He said the officer, who had recently been promoted to sergeant, continued to fire even after being struck by a bullet and bleeding from his head.
From Los Angeles Times
When Lai was eventually rotated out of the presidential-offices detail and risked losing access to lucrative intelligence, he recruited another sergeant and a corporal in his battalion to take over.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
