How to Use captain in a Sentence

captain

1 of 2 noun

• The captain has turned off the “fasten seat belt” sign.
• The jets even named him a team captain.
  — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
• Isn’t that what a team captain would do?
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 15 May 2026
• Good team captains know when to say yes or no.
  — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 25 Feb. 2026
• How else did Smith agree with his captain?
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 8 Mar. 2026
• Ness has been a captain for 15 years.
  — John Lauritsen, CBS News, 25 June 2026
• Use it as a co-pilot, not the captain.
  — Bernardo Martinez, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• The captain is coming back to her roots.
  — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 12 Jan. 2026
• Don’t count on the captain going down with the ship.
  — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
• The captain joins the guests for dinner, which goes well.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
• Their captain doesn’t have a mask; the other guys have masks.
  — Akash Kapur, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
• Here’s the full list of countries and their captains.
  — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
• Even if his captain doesn’t seem that impressed.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2025
• Wilson, a captain, went to his coach.
  — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
• What does a baseball captain do?
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2026
• The captain wasn’t reckless or stupid.
  — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
• He was named team captain in 2003.
  — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
• The row boat captain is called Adrian now.
  — Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 11 Apr. 2026
• For the senior captain Gasseau, the win was sweet.
  — Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 10 Feb. 2026
• Daisy asks the captain, as if the decision were his.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 26 May 2026
• When the sway gets too risky, the captain closes some of the outer decks.
  — Akash Kapur, New Yorker, 12 May 2026
• The plane’s captain must approve who rides in the cockpit jump seats.
  — Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2026
• The Aztecs had two of their team captains leave the game in the third quarter.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
• The 49ers are running out of team captains.
  — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2025
• Julie was the captain of the brownie station.
  — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
• He was not selected with a captain’s pick.
  — Ben Morse, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
• In short, a captain can be relied upon.
  — Stuart James, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
• The Avs captain threw it back towards the Kings net.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
• The Coast Guard has not released the name of the captain.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
• The team captain has scored two goals and logged 13 assists in his first year in the league.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025

captain

2 of 2 verb

• She captained last year's team.
• The ship was captained by John Smith.
• Shepherd moved up to captain while in Iraq as the brigade saw a shortage of staff.
  — Teresa Moss, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2022
• And, John Kraus, who captains the Spirit, is ready.
  — Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
• John McGovern, who captained that side, will hand it over.
  — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
• Lizette Ibarra found success in just her second year serving as the team captain.
  — Emmett Hall, Sun Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2022
• Everett, who's been in the league since 2015, was a special teams captain for the team.
  — Christopher Brito, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2021
• Strike captains orchestrate crossings in front of the gate, careful to not obstruct the road.
  — Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2023
• Such was her ability, she was even elected to captain the boys U15 team.
  — Asif Burhan, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
• Ashley Phillips has spent the last two seasons with Stoke City and even captained them once.
  — James McNicholas, New York Times, 2 June 2026
• The trooper later was promoted to captain and also named a trooper of the year.
  — Courtney Tanner, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
• The sailor has risen through the ranks to captain during the Napoleonic wars, becoming a man of means in the process.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 July 2022
• They are also often captained by traffickers who do not care whether people on the journeys live or die.
  — Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
• The last person to captain and play on the team was Arnold Palmer in 1963.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2025
• In my first 13 years of sailing, Jeanne's father, Bob, captained the ship.
  — Betsy Andrews, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Mar. 2026
• So, does captaining an Olympic gold medal-winning team change Matthews’ legacy?
  — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
• Our oldest daughter captained our Disney ship.
  — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2026
• And so perhaps captaining a team to an Olympic gold medal will change the way Matthews is seen in the hockey world.
  — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2026
• He was promoted to captain in 2024.
  — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 9 Mar. 2026
• He was promoted to captain in 2022.
  — ABC News, 15 Mar. 2026
• The boats, captained by residents, have made dozens of trips and delivered thousands of pounds of supplies.
  — Reis Thebault, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Aug. 2023
• Each six-person squad is captained by a national superstar.
  — Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
• Adams plays in the Premier League and has captained his country at a World Cup.
  — Tom Bogert, New York Times, 11 June 2026
• Royals captain Salvador Perez was excited to see the young guys work.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
• Love and Nicklaus captained Ryder Cup matches at home both times.
  — Doug Ferguson, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
• Another star of the show was a large white anemone perched behind the wheel of Endurance, looking ready to captain the ship.
  — Corryn Wetzel, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2022
• Kyndra played softball and volleyball all four years at the school and was volleyball team captain her senior year.
  — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 21 Sep. 2022
• When she was promoted to captain a few months ago, Cole was right at her side for the pinning ceremony.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 11 May 2023
• McCray-Ball was the special teams captain in 2025 and should be back.
  — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
• He had been promoted to captain but did not have an ATPL.
  — Gina Kalsi, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026