How to Use major general in a Sentence

major general

noun

• Harrison, a major general in the U.S. Army, carried the sword in the War of 1812.
  — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 26 Oct. 2019
• Many of us would try to humor a major general who held our life in his hands.
  — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• And Brian Bengston is the very model of a perfect major general.
  — Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader, 27 June 2018
• 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
• Emadi said about learning the major general had been killed.
  — Zachary Halaschak, Washington Examiner, 8 Feb. 2020
• In one of the images, Sineenart, a major general, can be seen wearing a camouflage sports bra.
  — Morgan Krakow, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2019
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Between the lines: See our primary ballot guide to learn more about races on the ballot that will set up major general election contests in November.
  — Samuel Robinson, Axios, 6 Aug. 2024
• 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
• 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
• He was appointed a major general in the Continental Army in 1775.
  — Laura A. MacAluso & Karim M. Tiro / Made By History, TIME, 2 July 2024
• 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
• Boston served in a security detail for a major general in the capital city of Kabul.
  — Michael Gordon, charlotteobserver, 23 Mar. 2018
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• By contrast, Israel’s air force is commanded by a two-star major general, served by a far slimmer staff that has no choice but to devolve authority downward.
  — Shashank Joshi, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
• Kelly was promoted to the rank of major general for the Mississippi National Guard.
  — Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 14 Jan. 2021

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024