How to Use lieutenant general in a Sentence

lieutenant general

noun

• His appointment by Ford in 1975 came as Scowcroft retired from the Air Force with the rank of lieutenant general.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Aug. 2020
• The lieutenant general urged Americans to trust and take the vaccine.
  — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2020
• The retired lieutenant general stood at a podium, flanked by Barisich and a handful of others.
  — Sara Sneath, NOLA.com, 20 Apr. 2018
• Jim Pillsbury retired as a lieutenant general in 2011, and while still major patrons, Becky long ago passed the day-to-day torch.
  — al, 24 Feb. 2021
• In this, his latest film, Matt Damon plays a lieutenant general named Leslie Groves.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 12 July 2023
• The retired lieutenant general said the scaling back of the permanent fencing perimeter around the complex was in line with a reduction of threats aimed at the complex.
  — Davone Morales and Jack Arnholz, ABC News, 4 Apr. 2021
• Donahue, who has since been promoted to lieutenant general, did not respond to a request for comment sent to Fort Bragg.
  — Seth Harp, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2022
• Kellogg, a retired army lieutenant general, didn’t bring an attorney to the interview, said one of the people.
  — Shannon Pettypiece, Bloomberg.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• Kelly, a retired four-star Marine general, was a lieutenant general at the time.
  — Jennifer Hansler, CNN, 21 Oct. 2017
• Flynn, a retired lieutenant general, had tried to get out of appearing before the panel.
  — Arkansas Online, 9 Dec. 2022
• Roger Cloutier, in the meantime, was promoted to lieutenant general.
  — James Gordon Meek, ABC News, 11 Nov. 2021
• Lee’s father was a lieutenant general in the Kuomintang, the nationalist Chinese army, and his family spent the next eight years in southern China.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, Wired, 17 Sep. 2020
• Six African Americans reached lieutenant general, or three stars.
  — Helene Cooper New York Times, Star Tribune, 4 Mar. 2021
• The filing also focused on the retired Army lieutenant general’s three decades in the military, including five years in combat.
  — Chad Day, The Seattle Times, 12 Dec. 2018
• Buckner, a lieutenant general, was the highest-ranking American to die by enemy fire in the war.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 June 2020
• In addition to the mass shooting by a soldier in February 2020, a police lieutenant general opened fire in a military school in Bangkok last month, killing two people.
  — Hannah Beech, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Oct. 2022
• Subianto, a former lieutenant general who married one of Suharto's daughters, was a longtime commander in the army special forces, called Kopassus.
  — Niniek Karmini and Edna Tariganthe Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 15 Feb. 2024
• By then, it was assumed Trump would appoint Flynn, one of his top campaign aides and a former Army lieutenant general, to an administration post.
  — Matt Ford, The Atlantic, 15 Dec. 2017
• The recommendation is a setback for Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general whose guilty plea in late 2017 marked a stunning downfall.
  — Adam Goldman, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2020
• The posting in August to Camp Pendleton delayed his promotion to lieutenant general and his orders to take over as deputy commandant of aviation.
  — Erika I. Ritchie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Feb. 2024
• Flynn rose to the rank of lieutenant general who formerly led the Defense Intelligence Agency.
  — Paul Gattis | [e-mail], al, 16 Feb. 2022
• Tom Bostick retired as a lieutenant general after 38 years of service during which his family moved 27 times.
  — Sidney E. Goodfriend, WSJ, 12 Nov. 2018
• Prabowo, the former son-in-law of Indonesia’s late dictator Suharto, was fired from his post as lieutenant general in 1998 amid accusations of human rights abuses.
  — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 14 Feb. 2024
• For them, the fact that Kelly and Mattis retired from the military as full generals, while McMaster remained in uniform as a three-star lieutenant general, almost guaranteed that the three would clash.
  — chicagotribune.com, 7 Mar. 2018
• Seven African Americans reached lieutenant general, or three stars.
  — New York Times, 6 Aug. 2022
• Gering’s posting to Camp Pendleton in the interim delays his promotion to lieutenant general and orders to take over as deputy commandant of aviation.
  — Erika I. Ritchie, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2023
• When Grant rejoined the Army in 1861, whispers about his drinking haunted every step of his astonishing climb from captain of a company of Illinois volunteers to lieutenant general in command of all the Northern armies in just four years.
  — Geoffrey C. Ward, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2017
• The retired Army lieutenant general is a senior fellow and lecturer at Stanford University.
  — Washington Post, 6 May 2020
• The lieutenant general also explained how the Army Corps of Engineers has been able to develop a standard design, authorized by the federal government, to build emergency hospitals.
  — NBC News, 3 Apr. 2020
• His military career culminated with a promotion to lieutenant general and duty as the Army’s first chief information officer at the Pentagon.
  — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 24 Oct. 2021

Last Updated: 2 Dec 2024