How to Use appoint in a Sentence

appoint

verb

• Every year, the group appoints three new members.
• After his parents died, the boy's uncle was appointed as his guardian.
• She was appointed professor of chemistry at the university.
• This is the first time since the 1950s the post will be elected, not appointed.
  — Sommer Brugal, Axios, 31 July 2024
• For the first time, the Queen is set to appoint the new prime minister in Scotland.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2022
• O’Farrell signed on to the proposal to appoint Hutt last week.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2022
• Tribble said the board hopes to appoint a permanent CEO in the next six to nine months.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 18 Jan. 2023
• Macron will have to appoint a new Prime Minister—once again, of his own choosing.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
• The 160 deputies who will be elected in June also will appoint judges and magistrates to the Supreme Court of Justice.
  — Soudi Jiménez, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• Even if the ministry has objections, the judges can send the candidate’s name back, and the ministry must appoint them.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
• Removal would give Democrats trio on bench If the justices are removed, Hobbs would appoint three people to the court in her first term.
  — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
• He has been appointed two attorneys by the court and pleaded not guilty.
  — Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2023
• The board settled into factions, and couldn’t break its 3-3 tie to appoint a new trustee to fill a vacancy.
  — Henry Krausse, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2023
• Of the seven justices on the state's Supreme Court, five were appointed by DeSantis.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
• Trump Media seeks to make the co-founders forfeit their stake in the company and to take away their ability to appoint members to the board.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• He was first appointed assistant to Hamas’s founder, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, in 1997.
  — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• At that point, Macron could reappoint Borne or appoint a new prime minister.
  — Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• At that point, Mr. Macron could reappoint Ms. Borne or appoint a new prime minister.
  — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• The easiest way to set up and run a gold IRA is to appoint a company that offers an all-in-one service.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022
• One of the main points of contention is the ruling coalition’s push for more power in appointing judges, including to the Supreme Court.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2023
• The statement also said the chairperson of the board is appointed by the center’s board members.
  — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2025
• Cheatle was appointed to the post by President Joe Biden in 2022.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 July 2024
• They were abetted by the Latin churchmen who forged the Donation of Constantine as the pope’s license to appoint a king of the Romans.
  — Dominic Green, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
• Whitmer will now appoint a replacement to fill his term.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2022
• The members appoint their chairperson, who runs the public meetings and sets the agenda.
  — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2023
• The fiscal body, which is the council in Lake County, would then be required to appoint a new member to finish out the member’s term.
  — Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
• The governor gets to appoint someone to fill the office as long as the person is suspended.
  — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2022
• Eighty-three of the 132 cardinal leaders that would be tasked with electing the next pope were appointed by Pope Francis.
  — William Skipworth, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• The programming shake-up is the first major change made by Ms. Kutler, who was appointed president this month.
  — Benjamin Mullin, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2025
• While most of the U.S. attorneys appointed by Biden resigned, several remained in office until they, too, were canned by Trump.
  — Varad Mehta, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Mar. 2025

Last Updated: 22 Mar 2025