How to Use veteran in a Sentence

veteran

noun

• He's a 10-year veteran with the team.
• The veteran would be a small upgrade in the outfield for the Padres.
  — Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
• Stepped up like a veteran, did not flinch and knocked it down.
  — Evan Dudley, al, 26 Feb. 2022
• Even though Foles is an 11-year veteran, he was put in a tough spot.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 27 Dec. 2022
• Harbaugh is one of the top veteran coaches in the league.
  — Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep. 2022
• Jones Wong speaks like a veteran who has studied the break in and out of the water for much of her life.
  — Talya Minsberg Gabriella Angotti-Jones, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2022
• The other, an eight-year veteran of the NYPD, sustained a bad gash.
  — Melissa Noel, Essence, 2 Jan. 2023
• The 17-year veteran played two seasons with the Royals.
  — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 4 Mar. 2024
• The veteran Rojas has stepped in for the Dodgers many times before.
  — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
• Sweeney, who wore a Marine veteran's hat, beseeched the group to take a stand.
  — The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
• The veteran will report on July 22 and the team will hold their first practice the next day.
  — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
• But beyond that, there was a clear purpose for the eight-year veteran to go west.
  — Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 29 Aug. 2022
• The 16-year veteran was shot in his thigh and shin and is expected to survive.
  — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 2 Dec. 2023
• Xavier Woods and Kofi Kingston’s veteran ring presence was a key factor in the match.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
• Chapek tapped Daniel, a 14-year veteran of the company at the time, to head the division.
  — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2022
• It’s been more than a decade since the Cowboys added two veterans of this quality ahead of the draft.
  — David Moore, Dallas News, 27 Mar. 2023
• Galloway, a 12 and a half year veteran, had no time to respond to the gunfire, Heap said.
  — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2022
• Many of them are our nation’s veterans of two Gulf Wars.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 2 May 2024
• But North and South, the veterans would put on their old uniforms and parade through the towns and villages.
  — The Editors, National Review, 27 May 2024
• After two years of war, all the veterans in the unit were exhausted.
  — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
• The crowd in the video was made up of military and veteran families that were hosted on the South Lawn of the White House.
  — Gabrielle Settles, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
• The veteran starters are often the saving grace for the Bulls, producing over half of the team’s points per game.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
• Skolimowski, a veteran of the Polish New Wave, is up to no good and reveling at the chance.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2022
• Others out on the line were top-tier veterans earning more than $31 an hour.
  — Ronald D. White, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• The veteran linebacker was good again for most of Sunday’s game.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 20 Nov. 2022
• The 10-year veteran has also played for the Vikings, Raiders, Patriots and Bears.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2022
• Hesse said the narrative veterans need to be pitied needs to be shifted.
  — Tracy Neal, arkansasonline.com, 11 Nov. 2023
• Gil Thorp, the veteran funnies-page high-school coach, is getting new help on the sidelines.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 13 Sep. 2024
• Paired with veteran Danielle Hunter, Anderson helped lead a Houston pass-rush that ranked fourth in the league in sacks and was sixth best against the pass.
  — Mike Jones, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
• In other words, a belief that Dru Smith is better than any potential veteran center on the market.
  — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025