How to Use commander in chief in a Sentence

commander in chief

noun phrase

• In the final stretch of campaigning, the stakes for who takes on the role of commander in chief increase by the day.
  — Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 11 Oct. 2024
• Look, the -- the blame for what happened here falls squarely on the current commander in chief.
  — CBS News, 2 July 2023
• The president is the commander in chief and decides when and how to use the military.
  — Evelyn Farkas, The Conversation, 11 Jan. 2025
• Logan, the commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, sought a way to remember the Union soldiers who died.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
• This isn’t a Secret Service agent talking to the commander in chief.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 25 Feb. 2025
• President Biden stood, hand over heart, on the cold, wet tarmac to pay his respects as the commander in chief.
  — Kenny Holston, New York Times, 27 May 2024
• But commander in chief isn't the only one in office, that's of course, not the only thing on the ballot for November.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2024
• Miller was asked on Fox News whether a decision had been made for the incoming commander in chief to visit the site of the wildfires.
  — Matteo Moschella, NBC News, 12 Jan. 2025
• Trump already has four years as commander in chief under his belt.
  — Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
• Does the military of our country deserve or want such a commander in chief?
  — Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2024
• This is known as the presidential anthem, reserved for the presence of the commander in chief, hence the title.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2023
• Russia launched its largest airstrike on Ukraine in almost three months last week, Ukraine's commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said at the time.
  — Hannah Peart, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024
• Biden is the oldest commander in chief in U.S. history.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2023
• Biden is the oldest commander in chief in U.S. history.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 July 2024
• Can it be used to canny effect in U.S. foreign policy by the commander in chief?
  — Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
• Is Joe Biden really in control as our commander in chief?
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2024
• These border missions have been exercised by both red and blue commanders in chief.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2024
• The nation’s 45th commander in chief was escorted from Trump Tower to the courthouse by the Secret Service and may have his mug shot taken.
  — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
• The nation’s 45th commander in chief will be escorted from Trump Tower to the courthouse by the Secret Service and may have his mug shot taken.
  — Michael R. Sisak, Eric Tucker, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
• Congress has also established a large Army, Navy, and Air Force over which the president is commander in chief.
  — Zachary Price, The Conversation, 14 Feb. 2025
• While serving as the commander in chief, Trump reimbursed Cohen, and that’s where the fraud kicked in, prosecutors say.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• While serving as the commander in chief, Mr. Trump reimbursed Mr. Cohen, and that’s where the fraud kicked in, prosecutors say.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• Most people would argue voters have a right to know whether the commander in chief is physically able to perform his role.
  — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Sep. 2024
• The stakes were high for all—and Harry had escaped from none other than the commander in chief of the now-victorious Continental Army.
  — Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2023
• Since then, the lawyer launched a presidential campaign, only to end it in August and support Donald Trump in his third bid for commander in chief.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2024
• But the Biden administration has said Mr. Zelensky, as commander in chief, makes the call.
  — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• Trump said over the weekend that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin showed willingness to meet with the incoming commander in chief to discuss the war.
  — Filip Timotija, The Hill, 25 Dec. 2024
• The former commander in chief has qualified for the debates under its polling and donor criteria.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2023
• There’s a minimum age to run for president, but there isn’t a maximum, as evidenced by the past two commanders in chief.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
• After the American people issued a mandate to our now commander in chief, the Trump administration hit the ground running.
  — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 20 Feb. 2025