How to Use sergeant in a Sentence

sergeant

noun

• The force of the impact caused the SUV to roll on its side and catch fire, the sergeant said.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2023
• At the time, Franklin was a sergeant at the county jail.
  — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 21 Jan. 2022
• The cougar was then shot and killed, according to the sergeant.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
• Derek, who turns 38 on Aug. 30, is a sergeant with the D.C. police.
  — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
• Sean Rios, who was killed in a shootout while the sergeant was on his way to work.
  — Chron, 16 Nov. 2022
• The sergeant checked records and found the car had been reported stolen.
  — Thallman, oregonlive, 16 June 2023
• Regier called for order and asked the sergeant of arms to clear the gallery.
  — Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
• The unit’s sergeant put her staffing crisis in stark terms.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 3 June 2022
• The sergeant tried to assign Khazin to the call, court records state, but Khazin did not want to take it.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2023
• The sergeant quickly ordered the officers to leave the scene.
  — oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2023
• The sergeants' union and police chief at the time said they had been overcharged.
  — Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2024
• Smiley told the sergeant that if the game was close, Bryant wouldn’t be coming out.
  — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
• As Elliot gave chase, the suspect opened fire, striking the sergeant in the head.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
• The sergeant arrived first but the man had bailed from his rig and run into some brush.
  — oregonlive, 7 Jan. 2023
• That is when Finnerty, the sergeant in charge that night, got involved.
  — Andrew Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
• Calles hopped in a van and the sergeant followed, calling for backup.
  — Austindedios, oregonlive, 27 July 2023
• Police spokesman Diego Pesqueira said a police sergeant died in the crash.
  — Zach Lachance, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Sep. 2024
• The sergeant went to a home and found more than 100 people fleeing a party.
  — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2021
• He was shot while charging a police sergeant with a knife.
  — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2023
• The Oakland native spent nine years in the Army, leaving the service as a sergeant.
  — Rodney Ho, ajc, 13 July 2022
• And a 31-year old sergeant with eight years of service was grazed by a bullet on his foot.
  — Evan Casey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2021
• The sergeant allegedly joked about the use of AirTags with Labrada, the report says.
  — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
• The sergeant in charge of our makeshift platoon in Chu Lai was a Korean War vet.
  — Gerald McCarthy, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 June 2023
• The sergeant saw more than 100 people fleeing eastwards along the street.
  — Susannah Cullinane, CNN, 1 Nov. 2021
• Police said a sergeant responded to the area and found that the owl was likely hit by a car.
  — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2025
• Vicosa served as a sergeant in the Catonsville precinct as recently as 2019.
  — Washington Post, 24 Nov. 2021
• The sergeant said that the threat was over and no other suspects appear to be involved.
  — NBC News, 1 Mar. 2022
• The patrol sergeant stopped the vehicle, but the driver fled the traffic stop in their car.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2022
• At one point, the field lights cut off and the sergeant directs the officer to handcuff the director.
  — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
• Nevertheless, the police sergeant said if workers crossed the road, they would be arrested.
  — Racquel Bazos, Baltimore Sun, 10 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 28 Feb 2025