How to Use chieftain in a Sentence

chieftain

noun

• Stay above the snake-line, or Viking chieftain Mike Pence may stop by with his mighty sword.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 21 Apr. 2017
• And the coffee chieftain is hard at work — the two men who were arrested have agreed to meet with him.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2018
• The founder of the city, a 16th-century chieftain named Kempe Gowda, dug the first of the city’s lakes, to trap and hold rainwater.
  — Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 2 May 2017
• Karthi essayed the role of chieftain Vallavaraiyan Vandiyadevan.
  — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Sep. 2023
• More goodies for the top 0.1 percent — of which corporate chieftains are a big part — are on the way.
  — Jon Talton, The Seattle Times, 15 July 2017
• Fans will meet her as the daughter of the chieftain of the Raven Clan who's been trained since birth to become part of an elite guard that protects the monarchy.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 26 Sep. 2022
• Few oil chieftains at the time were moving in that direction.
  — Bradley Olson, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2018
• King Charles became chieftain of the games in 2002, following in the footsteps of his late mother.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 7 Aug. 2023
• Based on the true story of Ka'iana, a war chieftain who travels to the outside world and learns more about the men invading his island home.
  — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 12 Apr. 2022
• But the comfort of sitting with longtime staffers may not be enough for the corporate chieftains.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Mar. 2023
• Tarfful, the Wookie chieftain, helped Yoda escape Kashyyyk when the clones turned on the Jedi.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 21 Nov. 2019
• The caliphate may have lost its caliph; this week brought a new flurry of speculation about the fate of the group’s chieftain, Abu Bakr Baghdadi.
  — Nabih Bulos, latimes.com, 14 July 2017
• And the coffee chieftain is already making things happen — the two men who were arrested have agreed to meet with him.
  — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2018
• In the sixth century the chieftain attracted skilled artisans to the area, and later buried his large gold hoard.
  — CNN, 13 Sep. 2021
• The financiers and corporate chieftains gathered for Saudi Arabia’s ‘Davos in the Desert’ heard the same message again and again.
  — Grant Smith, Houston Chronicle, 30 Oct. 2017
• Julius’ wife was Julia Pacata, the daughter of a great French chieftain who aided the Romans in battle.
  — Rachel Ashcroft, Longreads, 17 Sep. 2022
• Prince Durin IV appears to figure as this series' dwarf chieftain.
  — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 22 July 2022
• The restaurant’s 7-foot-tall doorman wore the robe of a Watusi chieftain, and became something of a local celebrity.
  — Dallas News, 28 Feb. 2022
• Inside the 292-foot longhouse, sealed with tar and lit by oil lamps, join a Viking chieftain and his lady for a traditional Viking meal.
  — Smithsonian, 18 Sep. 2017
• As a result, Sully steps down as war chieftain of the jungle tribe and flees with his family to seek refuge with an ocean clan, the Metkayina.
  — Jeff Yang, CNN, 4 Jan. 2023
• Replete with Russian spies and comically corrupt chieftains, and in the midst of a civil war, the NRA isn’t close to the main problem anymore.
  — Cliff Schecter, The New Republic, 6 Aug. 2019
• Moroccan resort is less than an hour’s drive south of Marrakesh, and was formerly a palace for a Berber chieftain.
  — John Wogan, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
• One of the trees was planted by Muti’s grandfather, a Tembe chieftain and Tekohaw founder.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Oct. 2019
• Others are obscure, such as tales of ancient Goth chieftains, quirky medieval craftsmen, and old stores.
  — Andrew Moravcsik, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
• Collins has emerged as a something like a de facto chieftain within the insurgent AMC investor group.
  — Abram Brown, Forbes, 13 June 2021
• The son of a wealthy chieftain in West Africa had just returned home from an apprenticeship when a raiding army attacked their village.
  — Lindsey McGinnis, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Dec. 2020
• For years after this location opened in 1964, chieftain Lew Wasserman held court at the same rear table, with the same waitress every day.
  — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 July 2017
• That would explain the towering sculpture in the town square, made out of scrap metal, depicting a Muisca chieftain in mid-throw.
  — John Otis, WSJ, 4 Dec. 2018
• Many white genealogy buffs can trace their family trees all the way back to Huguenot rebels or Scottish chieftains.
  — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
• The elite figure, identified as a chieftain, was buried with gold artifacts and 25 other people.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024