How to Use governor-general in a Sentence

governor-general

noun

• By 1801, Louverture sat at the head of the colony under the title of governor-general.
  — Marlene L. Daut september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
• The governor-general is appointed by the king as Australia’s formal head of state, though the country is led by a prime minister under a parliamentary system.
  — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
• Mostyn, the governor-general, accepted an invitation from the National Council of Jewish Women for women of all faiths to lay a flower at the memorial on Sunday morning.
  — CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
• Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, center, his wife, Jodie Haydon, left, and Australia's governor-general, Sam Mostyn, at the memorial.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 21 Dec. 2025
• Although Louverture had resigned from his position as governor-general of the colony in May, in June 1802 one of Leclerc’s generals tricked Louverture into a meeting, summarily arrested him, along with his wife and children, and then forced them all onto a ship destined for France.
  — Marlene L. Daut september 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025