How to Use lieutenant in a Sentence

lieutenant

noun

• He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.
• She has her best lieutenants working on a proposal.
• The men took off with the items in a red Nissan sedan, the lieutenant said.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
• The lieutenant strode over and punched the man, still seated, in the face.
  — Ovetta Wiggins, Washington Post, 28 May 2022
• After someone stabbed the man, the people in the group took off, the lieutenant said.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• Both the lieutenant and Armstrong declined to name the gang.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022
• The girl ran to the bus stop while the man got back in the van and the driver took off, according to the lieutenant.
  — Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2021
• Five of the past 10 lieutenant governors rose to the top job.
  — Fortune, 3 Nov. 2021
• The fire chief said that the lieutenant had never gotten off the fire truck.
  — Jessica Jaglois, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
• DuBose had turned to Grasso’s back, reaching for the phone when the blast threw the lieutenant 30 feet in the air.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2021
• Goldberg was a lieutenant in the Navy and served two years in the South Pacific.
  — Matt Young, Chron, 2 Mar. 2021
• The lieutenant said deputies found clothing in a suitcase inside the car.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
• Ivan Kononov, a senior lieutenant in the Russian marines, loved to cook.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2022
• All three men appeared to be homeless, the lieutenant said.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
• At least one officer broke windows as the lieutenant tried to coax the man out of the back of the hatchback.
  — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
• But by the time he and two of his lieutenants were extradited, the case was over.
  — Tim Golden, ProPublica, 19 July 2024
• This led to the lieutenant giving his phone number to the victim, said O’Hara.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
• George was supposed to be waiting there for the lieutenant.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
• General Thomas, now 62, was then a lieutenant who went in with the first wave.
  — Mark Bowden, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2021
• Fagan's daughter, Aileen, now serves as a lieutenant in the Coast Guard.
  — Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 1 June 2022
• Chavez, the Grants police lieutenant, has been tightlipped about what might have led to the killings but says drugs were not the main motive.
  — Susan Montoya Bryan and Felicia Fonseca, Star Tribune, 25 Mar. 2021
• Morris was assigned the probe, and at times his lieutenants helped.
  — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
• The lieutenant, who was off duty, was not wearing a body camera at the time.
  — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2025
• The lieutenant Frederik Coning has a lemon in his fist and is mid-squeeze over a tray of plump oysters.
  — Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
• The lieutenant said the Russians appeared to have learned from past mistakes.
  — Nabih Bulosstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2022
• On one end of the phone was a D.C. police lieutenant in charge of the intelligence unit.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2022
• Chapek tapped Walden, Rice’s top lieutenant, to replace him.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2022
• The officer conferred with a lieutenant when the van arrived at the east wing of the building.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2022
• The lieutenant would read to them what was in the police reports, which were records that were not available to the public.
  — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Dec. 2021
• According to the Use of Force Policy, inmates must be checked every 15 minutes by correctional officers, every two hours by a lieutenant, and twice per 8-hour shift by medical staff.
  — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 11 July 2025