How to Use brigadier in a Sentence

brigadier

noun

• The colonel asked for the old brigadier, the hero of the Golan Heights, the recipient of the order of Fath, to sit and join him for tea.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 16 Feb. 2021
• The brigadier slowly tightened the cordon around Wedge's aircraft.
  — Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 26 Jan. 2021
• The flag was lifted from the coffin, folded, and presented by a brigadier general to Mrs. De Alencar.
  — David Zucchino, New York Times, 11 May 2017
• He was quickly promoted to brigadier general, but lost his right arm in battle in June 1862.
  — Daniel Sharfstein, Smithsonian, 23 May 2017
• Families of the victims have been notified, and a list of victims should be released in coming days, said James, the brigadier general.
  — Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 13 July 2017
• The featured veterans range from foot soldiers to prisoners of war to brigadier generals.
  — Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2021
• The brigadier remained at large, according to two officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
  — Elias Meseret, BostonGlobe.com, 23 June 2019
• When one hapless brigadier had to report the federal escape after Chancellorsville, Lee’s fury was volcanic.
  — Allen C. Guelzo, National Review, 17 Sep. 2020
• The brigadier remained at large, according to two officials who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
  — oregonlive.com, 23 June 2019
• Four Russian brigadier generals have died in three weeks on the battlefield in Ukraine, Kyiv officials said, showing faults in Moscow’s ability to lead troops into battle.
  — William Mauldin, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
• According to the Encyclopeadia Britannica, Bagnold was an army brigadier who studied the origin of sand dunes and the process of sediment transport.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
• According to the Encyclopeadia Britannica, Bagnold was an army brigadier who studied the origin of sand dunes and the process of sediment transport.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 31 May 2017
• Normally an Army division is headed by a two-star major general, but on rare occasions one-star brigadier generals can be put in command.
  — Lolita C. Baldor, Star Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
• Andrew attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and would go on to serve in the military for 34 years, eventually rising to the position of brigadier.
  — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 13 Nov. 2020
• The attack in Bahir Dar, the capital of Amhara, was led by a renegade brigadier who had recently been pardoned by the prime minister after being jailed by the previous government, authorities said.
  — oregonlive.com, 23 June 2019
• Out of 60 Marine generals currently, five brigadier generals and one major general are Black.
  — USA Today, 1 Sep. 2020
• Russian major generals are roughly equivalent in rank to American one-star or brigadier generals.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2022
• Three years later, he was promoted to brigadier general, serving as the assistant division commander with the 1st Marine Division.
  — Lindsay Kimble, PEOPLE.com, 31 July 2017
• According to a biography on the post website, the brigadier general had a distinguished career, earning the Distinguished Service Medal along the way, as well as letters of commendation from the secretary of war and the quartermaster general.
  — Erin Gallagher, Daily Southtown, 28 Apr. 2017
• The new information was based on interviews with Yitzhak Yaakov, a retired brigadier general who in 1967 was the chief liaison between the Israeli military and the civilian defense industries, including those overseeing the nuclear project.
  — Aron Heller, The Seattle Times, 5 June 2017

Last Updated: 31 Aug 2024