How to Use commander in a Sentence

commander

noun

• Axis commanders were now aware of the danger of British raiders from the desert.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• The commander looked pleased with himself about the crowd control.
  — Anand Gopal, The New Yorker, 11 Mar. 2024
• The commander who was removed had not been seen in public for months.
  — Nectar Gan, CNN, 15 Sep. 2023
• At the end of the class, every leader is required to write a letter to the new commander of that army next year.
  — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024
• Three more of the group’s key commanders were killed in subsequent strikes this past week.
  — Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 13 May 2023
• Shawn LaFleur, post commander of Tattler Post 973, led the event.
  — Olivia Alexander, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2023
• Ringing the doorbell there, Carter summoned the commander, who filled in Gandhi on the scourge of fentanyl.
  — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• More than 100 commanders have been killed, the official said.
  — Lior Soroka, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024
• If the lawyers deem a strike unlawful, field commanders must cancel it.
  — Steven Erlanger, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• The brigade commander, Col. Mikhail Gudkov, was wounded.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
• Over the years, there has been some limited coverage of the commander's lock program.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2024
• Last week, an Israeli airstrike on a car killed three senior police commanders in Rafah.
  — Wafaa Shurafa and Bassem Mroue The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 18 Feb. 2024
• The commander of the hospital, a brigadier general, hovered two paces behind the body.
  — Elliot Ackerman, WIRED, 5 Feb. 2024
• Israeli airstrikes in Gaza killed a fourth militant commander, bringing the death toll to 25 in this latest round of fighting.
  — Fares Akram and Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2023
• Israeli troops have stayed out of the tunnels in the north, commanders say, opting to blow up the entrances to prevent Hamas from using them to mount ambushes.
  — Eric Sylvers, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2023
• The Israeli military said its airstrikes in Gaza killed a Hamas commander who led one of last weekend’s massacres of civilians.
  — WSJ, 16 Oct. 2023
• Israel accuses the group of planning attacks and since the flare-up began on Tuesday has killed six of its commanders.
  — Richard Allen Greene, CNN, 13 May 2023
• Sutton and Zabavsky, 54, also were found guilty of obstructing justice for lying to their watch commander about the chase and trying to coverup the severity of the crash.
  — Paul Duggan, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• Meanwhile the lack of Ukrainian artillery firepower, says Valeriy, a commander in the 45th Brigade is costing the lives of Ukrainian troops.
  — Tom Soufi Burridge, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2024
• Mahnaz Akbari, the commander of the platoon, also does not have asylum.
  — Ava Sasani, New York Times, 29 May 2023
• That’s enough for a Ukrainian Ground Forces tank battalion, three companies of ten tanks each, and one tank for the battalion commander.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 7 June 2023
• Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip killed a fourth militant commander on Thursday, raising the Palestinian death toll from the latest burst of fighting to 25.
  — Fares Akram and Tia Goldenberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 May 2023
• The boy, whose name is being withheld to prevent reprisals, said they were marched into the jungle, where commanders gave them military training.
  — Katharine Houreld, Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2023
• Avery had just become the first pirate commander to chase down a Mughal emperor’s treasure ship.
  — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2024
• Netanyahu spoke to Israeli military commanders, a day after at least nine soldiers were killed in Gaza.
  — NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
• Two officers, a brigade fire support commander and brigade chief of staff, will be dismissed from their positions.
  — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 5 Apr. 2024
• On Friday, one commander in Avdiivka said his troops had been subjected to 60 air strikes over the previous 24 hours.
  — Tim Lister, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
• Its commander, Denis Kapustin, who also goes by the last name of Nikitin, is a white nationalist and ex-soccer hooligan who shares neo-Nazi views.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 26 May 2023
• During a meeting, Ms. Kim, who has served both as a charming emissary and as a foul-mouthed spokeswoman for her brother’s regime, sat next to the commander, laughing and even lightly touching his arm.
  — Choe Sang-Hun, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• The militia commander has moved into the governor’s office.
  — Alex De Waal, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024