How to Use quartermaster in a Sentence

quartermaster

noun

• The military presence there started in World War I, when the Army built a quartermaster depot there.
  — Contributing Writer, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2017
• He has been transferred out of his former narcotics squad to the quartermaster section.
  — Joseph Goldstein, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2018
• Chavez was a quartermaster stationed in Pearl Harbor at the time of the Japanese attack on Hawaii, living there with his wife and oldest daughter.
  — David Wright, CNN, 26 May 2018
• There are no easy answers; his quartermaster and lord general disagree on how to proceed.
  — Roxane Gay, WIRED, 11 June 2016
• His father, a quartermaster with a German regiment, was captured and held as a prisoner of war.
  — Cameron Knight, Cincinnati.com, 31 Jan. 2020
• Another saw the quartermaster as the ship’s prime minister.
  — Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
• Even the most devout knight or lord expected to be paid for his service—as did his men at arms, quartermasters, cooks, servants and the ship masters and crews who were vital for transport and resupply.
  — Patrick Geary, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2017
• But most would check with the quartermaster — the ship’s on-duty navigator and meteorologist up on the bridge — to get a sense of whether the barometer was rising or falling, and what the next day or so would bring.
  — James G. Stavridis, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2020
• Blackbeard’s quartermaster, William Howard, who took a pardon and escaped the noose, had enough capital to later buy all of Ocracoke Island.
  — John Bordsen, USA TODAY, 22 June 2018
• The adjacent quartermaster area, where uniforms and equipment are stored is also now more organized.
  — Catalina Righter, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 21 July 2019
• The upgrades come from Aston’s Q division, which is indeed named after the world's most famous spy's resourceful quartermaster.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 24 Feb. 2020
• A quartermaster for his Boy Scout troop, Spychalski teaches younger scouts how to earn badges, and assist senior patrol leaders with weekly meetings, Heinz said.
  — Lee V. Gaines, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2017
• The monument’s roughly one-mile trail provided a detailed view of the brick foundations and chimneys of the officer’s quarters and nearly intact walls of the quartermaster and supply depots.
  — Washington Post, 18 June 2021
• The Army Service units—ordnance, engineers, signal, medical, transportation, quartermaster and others—built up stock piles so large there was no chance of putting many under cover.
  — Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2019
• Although female sailors have come to dominate the ranks of legal clerks and make up increasingly larger numbers of counselors, quartermasters and cooks, less than one out of every five female sailors seizes a spot in the aviation section.
  — Carl Prine, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 May 2018
• Instead, there’s a quartermaster, also a Mr. Gutsy model, manning a reception desk.
  — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 26 Nov. 2018
• Myers worked as a quartermaster — a soldier who supervises and distributes supplies within stores or barracks.
  — Fox News, 29 May 2022
• According to a biography on the post website, the brigadier general had a distinguished career, earning the Distinguished Service Medal along the way, as well as letters of commendation from the secretary of war and the quartermaster general.
  — Erin Gallagher, Daily Southtown, 28 Apr. 2017
• The quartermaster now serves as the department’s distribution center for stocks of personal protective equipment.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2020
• During his service, Myers worked as a quartermaster — a soldier who supervises and distributes supplies within stores or barracks.
  — Fox News, 29 May 2022
• The quartermaster is the direct representative of the ship's navigator who monitors the surface search radar system and other charts to provide a continuous navigational watch on the bridge.
  — Emanuella Grinberg, CNN, 18 June 2017
• Archaeologists found 91 ostraca there, the majority of which are addressed to the quartermaster Elyashiv, who would have been responsible for storing and distributing provisions.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 23 June 2017
• Yet once outed by their battalion quartermaster sergeant, often accompanied by Sodexo employees, these guerrilla chefs risk having their grills confiscated or disabled and being punished with show parade at night.
  — The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019
• An airborne division is made up of a regiment of paratroop infantry, two glider regiments and miscellaneous units, such as engineers, quartermaster, signal corps, medical and others.
  — Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2019
• Beyond captain and quartermaster, pirates were rankless.
  — Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 11 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024