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How to use cadet in a sentence

23 example sentences · noun

Cadet means a student at a military school who is training to be an officer. Example: “Wrapped in cadet grey jackets, snare drummers played in harmony with bass saxophonists.”

Examples of cadet by meaning

nounJunior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.).

  • a cadet branch of the family

More sentences with cadet

  • Wrapped in cadet grey jackets, snare drummers played in harmony with bass saxophonists.2017 March 17, “Thousands Flood Fifth Avenue for NYC's St. Patrick's Day Parade”, in NBC New York. From the entry cadet grey
  • Cadets loathe SAMIs because they are the most stringent of all inspections.2010, Terron Sims, With Honor in Hand, page 32. From the entry Sami
  • Cadet First Sergeant: 3 Chevrons, 3 rockers with a diamond inset.2000, Mark Collantes, The Academy, page 66. From the entry rocker
  • Chiang and Liao Chung-k'ai and was attended by over four thousand officers, cadets, and soldiers.1971, Pichon Pei Yung Loh, The early Chiang Kai-shek: A STUDY OF HIS PERSONALITY AND POLITICS, 1887-1924, Columbia University Press, page 1. From the entry bier
  • This was to be my home for three months where ground officer cadets, referred to colloquially as ‘penguins’ were trained.2019 November 5, Derek Esp, An Adventure in Education: The Autobiography of an Accidental Career in Education, Troubador Publishing Ltd…. From the entry penguin
  • The 21-year-old showed off her incredible figure in a cadet grey bodycon dress as she strutted to Delilah restaurant.2019 April 22, Connie Rusk, “Lottie Moss displays her incredible figure in a skintight grey bodycon dress as she heads on night out with…. From the entry cadet grey
  • So much, that he just had to get up, stop talking to his fellow cadets, and look for him.2017 October 10, Kelsey Watson, The Prayers and Wishes of Grafokon: Story One, volume 1, Lulu Press, Inc., →ISBN. From the entry bejeezles
  • That summer the Clipper detoured north on its way to Norway so that cadets could be initiated as bluenoses.2005, Stephen J. Curley, Aggies By The Sea: Texas A & M University At Galveston, page 213. From the entry bluenose
  • “Hey, smack, what rank is this cadet uniform?2002 September, Nancy Mace, Mary Jane Ross, In the Company of Men: A Woman at the Citadel, page 44. From the entry knob
  • Cadet Sergeant First Class: 3 Chevrons and 2 rockers.2000, Mark Collantes, The Academy, page 66. From the entry rocker
  • I saw how cadet Sineokov, the gun layer, covered his face with his hands and slowly subsided to the ground.1974, Culture and Life. From the entry gun layer
  • When I was a cow (junior) at West Point, I dated a plebe (freshman), which is considered fraternization in the cadet realm.2023, James E Parco, David A Levy, Daphne DePorres, Attitudes Aren't Free: A Call to Action, page 242. From the entry cow
  • "Cadet, Cadet!" Not every day, fam.2017, “Uber Everywhere Freestyle 2”performed by Cadet (rapper). From the entry long
  • I'd tied the diaper harness that I'd learned in cadets around me with yellow water ski rope that we'd stolen from Jon's dad's boat.2014, Barry Blanchard, edited by John Dutton, The Calling: A Life Rocked By Mountains, Patagonia Books, →ISBN, page 77. From the entry diaper harness
  • Besides, if you worked up to be a cadet officer, you got to wear a Sam Browne belt, from which depended a nifty saber.1982, Paul Fussell, My War. From the entry depend
  • This is easily understandable when, with resectioning, a cadet is offered the opportunity to underperform with the only punishment being an easier class!1973, K. Bruce Galloway, Robert Bowie Johnson, West Point; America's power fraternity, page 71. From the entry resection
  • Under this system, outstanding freshmen cadets (green tabbers) are picked during the first semester, and "marked" with green shoulder tabs and green plastic lapel discs.1963, Army, volume 14, page 37. From the entry tabber
  • While being in the advance program, the cadets receive an allowment from the government which amounts up to approximately sixty dollars a quarter.1954, The Iowa Engineer - Volume 55, page 27. From the entry allowment
  • From Japanese gakuens all over Northern California will come many school children to see the warships Iwate and Yakumo and meet the cadets.1936 July 7, 新世界朝日新聞 [New World Sun], page 8. From the entry gakuen
  • Frequently on guest nights beat ups were held by the Third Term, and cadets of the First Term (and, sometimes, the Second Term) were singled out individually.2010, John Golley, Jet, page 14. From the entry beat up
  • While there was always a touch of the caricature about the Sandhurst cadet as the nice-but-dim public schoolboy, there was also a significant measure of truth.2002 July 23, John Crace, The Guardian. From the entry nice-but-dim
  • Cadets and hard-core instructors “camo up” and wear BDUs (battle dress uniforms) in preparation for the looming clash of the mighty Army black knights and the wimpy, undisciplined Navy midshipmen.1998 December 5, “A Civil War”, in West Palm Beach Post, page 6E. From the entry camo up

Meaning of cadet

  1. noun A student at a military school who is training to be an officer.
  2. noun A younger or youngest son, who would not inherit as a firstborn son would.
  3. noun Junior. (See also the heraldic term cadency.).

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Questions about cadet in a sentence

How do you use cadet in a sentence?
Cadet is used as a noun. For example: “Wrapped in cadet grey jackets, snare drummers played in harmony with bass saxophonists.”
What is a short sentence with cadet?
“"Cadet, Cadet!" Not every day, fam.”
What does cadet mean?
Cadet means a student at a military school who is training to be an officer.

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