How to use sergeant in a sentence

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• The sergeant sent out an order to arm the team for the next mission.From the entry arm
• The sergeant was up by 6:00 every morning, drilling his troops.From the entry drill
• The sergeant rapped out a word of command to the troops.From the entry rap
• As a retired sergeant, you should fit into the crowd at the officers' club.From the entry fit into
• The sergeant asked for someone to cross the minefield, and Private Muggins raised his hand.From the entry raise one's hand
• When the officer appeared, the sergeant brought the soldiers to attention by shouting, "Squad, ten-hut!"From the entry ten-hut
• A woman ran into the police station and told the desk sergeant she had been robbed.From the entry desk sergeant
• Their sergeant threw the troops into pitched battle.From the entry throw
• His sergeant gigged him for an unmade bunk.From the entry gig
• Sergeant, direct your gunfire toward that copse of trees.From the entry gunfire
• The sergeant lambasted the new recruits daily.From the entry lambaste
• Sergeant, please draw the men up in ranks of three.From the entry draw up
• A platoon sergeant may only be a non-commissioned officer but he's the one his men look to when the bullets start flying.From the entry non-commissioned officer
• A platoon sergeant may only be a noncommissioned officer but he's the one his men look to when the bullets start flying.From the entry noncommissioned officer
• Police sergeant is a first-line position.From the entry first-line
• It's up to the detective sergeant to ask his own questions, that's not my pidgin.2015, Guy Cullingford, Post Mortem. From the entry pidgin
• In front a staff sergeant with the new Royal Caledonians was gassing about Scullion and the regiment.2015, Andrew O'Hagan, The Illuminations, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry Caledonian
• Clouting a police sergeant is something I've dreamed about for years.'2013, Maurice Procter, Devil's Due. From the entry snotter
• Sergeant Spola eased himself up from the back seat of his police meat-wagon.2013, Mario Reading, The Antichrist Trilogy, →ISBN. From the entry meat-wagon
• The sergeant made a right face and stepped off and stood next to the sergeant major.2013, Joe C. Noriega, ARIZONA RANGERS, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 162. From the entry right face
• In addition, a watchcoat for sergeants and night watchmen costing £1-6-7d was issued every second year.2012, John McGowan, Policing the Metropolis of Scotland: A History of the Police and Systems of Police in Edinburgh and Edinburghshire…. From the entry watchcoat
• Hanging out with a gunnery sergeant, especially Gunny Yates, was dangerous for a sergeant.2009 March, Clint Van Winkle, chapter 11, in Soft Spots: A Marine’s Memoir of Combat and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry voluntell
• The desk sergeant worked him over pretty good and finally turned him over to the detective squad.2007, David Rogers, The Printer's Devil, page 175. From the entry work over
• Since things are in such disorder, sergeants have been invited to use the officers' facility.2006, Tom A. Johnson, To the Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam, Potomac Books, Inc., →ISBN. From the entry constitutional
• Sergeant Cronin has handled about 20 Timmys in his six years in homicide.1992 March 17, Andrew H. Malcolm, “Our Towns: A Brief Unnamed Spark; The Rest Is Darkness”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New…. From the entry Timmy
• A sergeant had given several men pills to help them stay awake while on guard duty.1985, Priscilla Presley, Sandra Harmon, Elvis and Me, Putnam, →ISBN, page 52. From the entry dexedrine
• I'm not a flight sergeant, we don't have 'em in the Andrew Miller.1984, Kenneth Poolman, Chanter R.N., page 151. From the entry Andrew Miller
• The police command, from sergeant to chief, is summarily defensive of the actions of police officers.1977 August 20, David Brill, “Civil Custody Law Harasses New Bedford Gays”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 7, page 3. From the entry command
• We had a sergeant who was a bit handy with the rougher elements.1974, William Purcell, British Police in a Changing Society, page 68. From the entry handy
• Mrrhhhh, nothing wrong with me, sergeant, it's just the old Doolally Tap.1971, Brian Aldiss, A Soldier Erect. From the entry doolally tap
• But not all the exchanges were as model as the sergeant.1968, American County Government, volume 33, page 19. From the entry model
• The Garda sergeant wanted to know the distinction between a Gouger and a Gurrier.1966, Seamus De Burca, The Irish Digest, volume 86, number 3, Dublin: Irish Digest, →OCLC, page 25. From the entry gurrier
• “Well indeed,” said Foley, “’tis a mystery to me how the sergeant puts up with her.1936 Frank O'Connor, In The Train. The Stories of Frank O’Connor, Knopf, 1952. page 166. From the entry jonathan
• I'll tell you what, sergeant, this being burgled isn't such a soft thing after all.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries. From the entry soft
• 'It is the top of a pearl boot button undoubtedly, I should say,' pronounced the sergeant.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries. From the entry shanked
• “Sergeant Kilroy—” “I didn't think you would come, Mags,” Graves said with a Cheshire-cat grin, “but I'm touched that you did.”2021, Stephen Kozeniewski, Every Kingdom Divided. From the entry frell
• I'll have the desk sergeant look him up."2020, Cari Z, His Holiday Crush, Entangled Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry LoJack
• Detective sergeant out of County, Banbury, retired in ‘59.”2018 February 11, Colin Dexter, Russell Lewis, 14:17 from the start, in Endeavour(Cartouche), season 5, episode 2 (TV series), spoken by…. From the entry job

Meaning of sergeant

1. noun A UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.
2. noun The highest rank of noncommissioned officer in some non-naval military forces and police.
3. noun A lawyer of the highest rank, equivalent to the doctor of civil law.

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How do you use sergeant in a sentence?

Sergeant is used as a noun. For example: “The sergeant sent out an order to arm the team for the next mission.”

What is a short sentence with sergeant?

“Police sergeant is a first-line position.”

What does sergeant mean?

Sergeant means a UK army rank with NATO code OR-6, senior to corporal and junior to warrant officer ranks.