How to Use major general in a Sentence
major general
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Harrison, a major general in the U.S. Army, carried the sword in the War of 1812.
—Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 26 Oct. 2019
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Many of us would try to humor a major general who held our life in his hands.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
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The very model of a modern dugout major general, Hinch is the first to earn a Series ring for Space City.
—USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2017
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The deputy chief of the general staff was charged with defrauding the state over radio gear, and a major general sentenced to prison in the case.
—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 16 Dec. 2022
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The scope of the changes triggered the Town Council to also approve a major general plan amendment.
—Maritza Dominguez, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2022
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And Brian Bengston is the very model of a perfect major general.
—Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader, 27 June 2018
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By the time Germany reunified in October 1990, Mr. Jähn had earned the rank of major general in the people’s army.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019
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Emadi said about learning the major general had been killed.
—Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 8 Feb. 2020
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In one of the images, Sineenart, a major general, can be seen wearing a camouflage sports bra.
—Morgan Krakow, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2019
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Brady, a retired major general who lives in New Braunfels, sees the museum as an asset to any city.
—David Tarrant, Dallas News, 25 July 2019
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Yatom, a retired major general in the Israel Defense Forces, called the protests a smoke screen for launching attacks at Israel.
—Oren Dorell, USA TODAY, 3 May 2018
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The young major general became a sort of surrogate son to George Washington, and served valiantly in the battles of Brandywine and Yorktown.
—Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 20 June 2018
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In addition to receiving the high rank of major general Pearson is the only pilot on Earth known to have shot down a satellite in orbit.
—Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 July 2020
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The major general, his uniform adorned with a mosaic of colorful ribbons, sat at the end of the table and made a good-faith effort not to place blame where blame so clearly belonged.
—Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2021
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Her grandfather served in the military and retired as a major general, but neither of her parents were in the military.
—Fox News, 2 Nov. 2019
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The major general commands an elite unit known as the Quds Force and has been dubbed the most powerful intelligence operative in the Middle East.
—Ken Dilanian, NBC News, 18 Oct. 2017
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Queen Suthida was named a general in the king’s bodyguard corps, while Ms. Sineenat was a major general before her downfall.
—Hannah Beech, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2019
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Peng, who holds the rank of major general, was previously the deputy chief of staff of China's paramilitary police force, the People's Armed Police.
—Reuters, CNN, 10 Jan. 2022
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Greene was a major general who was second in command in the Revolutionary War and served with George Washington.
—Jason Silverstein, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2018
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Cooley is the first Air Force major general to be court-martial trialed and convicted in the military branch’s 75-year history.
—Emma Hinchliffe and paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 26 Apr. 2022
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Boston served in a security detail for a major general in the capital city of Kabul.
—Michael Gordon, charlotteobserver, 23 Mar. 2018
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The official results give the ruling party candidate Justo Noguera, an active major general, 2,000 more votes than shown in the receipts, the data show.
—Anatoly Kurmanaev, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2017
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Haight was demoted three ranks — from major general to lieutenant colonel — and forced to retire in 2016 over a personal misconduct scandal.
—Nate Jones, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2022
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Haight was demoted three ranks - from major general to lieutenant colonel - and forced to retire in 2016 over a personal misconduct scandal.
—Craig Whitlock and Nate Jones, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Oct. 2022
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Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko, the sons of a Soviet major general, are both former heavyweight champions and whenever one was in the ring, the other was always helping from the corner.
—oregonlive, 28 Feb. 2022
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Moving forward, the two candidates will essentially go head-to-head next week in six states including Michigan, which will present one of their first tests in a major general-election swing state.
—Matt Stevens, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
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Kelly was promoted to the rank of major general for the Mississippi National Guard.
—Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2021
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Wongvajirapakdi was a former army nurse who served in the King's royal bodyguard unit, and held the military ranking of major general.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 22 Oct. 2019
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That melody was even played last January at the funeral procession of Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani.
—Amy Nicholson, Town & Country, 1 Dec. 2020
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To Netanyahu’s right was Yoav Gallant, a former major general who serves as Israel’s defense minister.
—Ruth Margalit, New York Times, 27 Sep. 2023
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