How to Use brigadier in a Sentence
brigadier
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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
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The brigadier slowly tightened the cordon around Wedge's aircraft.
—Elliot Ackerman, Wired, 26 Jan. 2021
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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
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He was quickly promoted to brigadier general, but lost his right arm in battle in June 1862.
—Daniel Sharfstein, Smithsonian, 23 May 2017
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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
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The featured veterans range from foot soldiers to prisoners of war to brigadier generals.
—Mary Cadden, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2021
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Out of 60 Marine generals currently, five brigadier generals and one major general are Black.
—USA Today, 1 Sep. 2020
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Russian major generals are roughly equivalent in rank to American one-star or brigadier generals.
—Anchorage Daily News, 13 Mar. 2022
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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
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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
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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
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