How to Use colonel in a Sentence

colonel

noun

• He retired as a colonel in the air force.
• If only the colonel hadn’t been sick.
  — Elizabeth D. Samet, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2025
• Pat Boone sang, and the colonel was buried in his white suit.
  — Victor Mather, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025
• Valdez says in the video while taking his oath as the new colonel.
  — Sacbee, sacbee.com, 29 May 2017
• The colonel did not say what type of weapon was used in the attack.
  — Fox News, 24 June 2019
• Many have worn the white suit, but only one colonel can wear the robe.
  — Mark Price, charlotteobserver, 30 Jan. 2018
• The colonel had been on the ground in Iran for nearly two days.
  — Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
• In fact, her father, the colonel, brought in the first of their bichons.
  — Washington Post, 12 June 2021
• Out cold, the colonel fell back to Ferebee, who laid him on the floor.
  — David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
• The colonel gazed out of the window for a moment when asked to comment.
  — Emmet Livingstone, The Dial, 20 Mar. 2025
• Those leaders can range from a staff sergeant to a colonel, Holland said.
  — Rose L. Thayer, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2022
• The princess was decked out in her royal colonel garb, riding horseback like a champ.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 8 June 2019
• The colonel was a believer in show business.
  — Kim Willis, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
• The colonel put the word out that the only Marines who could ride were truck drivers.
  — Linda McIntosh, sandiegouniontribune.com, 20 Sep. 2017
• The agency said a colonel who was on the scene with the soldier at the time was also charged.
  — Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2019
• At the last minute, afraid the meeting was a trap, Philip went to meet the colonel instead.
  — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 5 Apr. 2018
• O’Hara got dressed and called the county sheriff and the colonel of the state patrol.
  — Isaac Stanley-Becker, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2026
• The royal men each have their own regiment – and the Queen is the colonel-in-chief.
  — PEOPLE.com, 7 June 2019
• The parade will conclude with a royal salute and march past where Kate will take the salute as colonel.
  — Stephanie Petit, People.com, 12 Mar. 2025
• The Princess of Wales is the honorary colonel of the Irish Guards.
  — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 17 Mar. 2026
• Waltz retired from the National Guard last fall at the rank of colonel.
  — Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 2 May 2025
• The official said one of the colonel's bodyguards was wounded in the attack.
  — Rahim Faiez, Star Tribune, 31 Mar. 2021
• Hansen is a colonel and an CF-18 fighter pilot.
  — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2026
• Hansen is a colonel and an CF-18 fighter pilot.
  — Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
• At one point, Yefremov said the colonel shot the prisoner in the arm and leg, breaking the bone.
  — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2023
• Thus began Job’s tireless pursuit to bring the colonel to justice.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 10 Mar. 2026
• The colonel’s death had brought many members of the Sanjari family’s tribe to their home to mourn.
  — New York Times, 18 Dec. 2021
• Suddenly a colonel, joyriding that day, panicked and reached for the controls.
  — David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
• But the colonel worried that security would be an issue.
  — Kim Willis, USA Today, 5 Aug. 2025
• My father was a colonel in the US Army, and we were deployed to Seoul.
  — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 12 July 2019