How to Use tactical in a Sentence

tactical

adjective

• The planes provided tactical air support for the soldiers on the ground.
• They gained a tactical advantage by joining with one of their competitors.
• He made a serious tactical error.
• The Ravens would have been a greater tactical risk to the Chiefs.
  — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 24 Jan. 2025
• In the first shot, both men are decked out in black tactical gear.
  — Abigail Adams, PEOPLE.com, 7 Oct. 2021
• The head of Britain's armed forces said Putin is trying to rush to a tactical win.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 6 May 2022
• Uwais and Taslim are part of the police tactical team sent to take that big boss down.
  — Johnny Loftus, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2022
• The last time Dutcher made a tactical switch to the starting five was three years ago.
  — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2024
• At the time, Brown was equipped with a helmet, radio and a tactical vest.
  — Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2021
• The Knicks aren’t the most tactical team in basketball.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 May 2025
• There are tactical advantages to the presence of this pot of rice.
  — Kate Kassin, Bon Appétit, 9 Nov. 2023
• For Biden and his campaign staff, the problem is tactical.
  — Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2024
• This one's a bit more out there thanks to the steampunk-esque pieces of metal poking out of the tactical vest.
  — WIRED, 2 Nov. 2023
• There’s talk of Russia using [nukes] as a tactical weapon in Ukraine.
  — Time, 24 July 2023
• For everyone $500 raised, Phillips vowed to add one piece of tactical gear to wear during the race.
  — Jason Fontelieu, Baltimore Sun, 27 May 2022
• The two of them did tactical training like a real-life Call of Duty.
  — Nate Jones, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2021
• And even the use of tactical nuclear weapons on the battlefield won't change this at all.
  — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2022
• The failure to advance has prompted a tactical shift from Kyiv.
  — Justin Ling, WIRED, 4 Jan. 2024
• Men with skull masks and rifles pose after tactical training in the woods in Poland.
  — Erika Kinetz and Lori Hinnant, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Sep. 2021
• Shopping for a car seat can feel like a tactical mission.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 11 July 2023
• The officers took cover and the suspect fled to the rear of the residence, where he was met by tactical units.
  — NBC News, 1 Dec. 2021
• Backed by a tactical unit, Vargas’ squad approached the door.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2023
• When the local cops arrive, Ray reports to Jason that the Swedes want to wait for their tactical ops team.
  — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 12 Aug. 2024
• The gunman was wearing a tactical vest and mask and was armed with a Glock and an AR-15-style rifle that had swastikas on it, Waters said.
  — Gina Martinez, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2023
• Photo: Courtesy of Kate Ince Place setting is an art—and a tactical one at that.
  — Boutayna Chokrane, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2023
• The better move might be to play a more tactical and targeted version of Trump’s game.
  — Matthew Kirschenbaum, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024
• The drones gave the Ukrainians a tactical advantage while also enabling them to spend less to do more.
  — Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2023
• President Joe Biden has said the assailant wore tactical gear and fired an AR-15-style weapon.
  — Jake Bleiberg, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2023
• Of course, Neely is still going to give Spenser her opinion on some of the more tactical things with parenting.
  — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 15 Feb. 2022
• There could have been small tactical steps, which would have helped in an administrative manner but also large, bold political steps to engage the Kashmiris and try and win them over.
  — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 9 May 2025