How to Use admiral in a Sentence

admiral

noun

• Four-star admiral is accused of trading Navy contracts for job and stock options.
  — Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 24 July 2024
• Lord Ozai has made Zhao an admiral and has taken over this mission — to defy him is to defy Ozai.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2024
• Over a cup of tea, Martin embraced the role of a rock admiral.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 30 May 2024
• The Elder was the admiral of Rome’s navy, which, at that time, was docked at Misenum.
  — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2020
• Even the admiral in charge of the Coast Guard in Alaska later told Bickar that the prank was brilliant.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Apr. 2020
• The admiral's tour was scheduled for April 18 - just five days away.
  — CBS News, 16 Apr. 2018
• Then, Kraft recalls, the admiral stood up and threw his cigar down on a table.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2017
• But when one of the victims proves to be the nephew of a U.S. Navy admiral, the case becomes a top priority.
  — Tom Nolan, WSJ, 17 Dec. 2021
• Slade, whose father was a British admiral, was then 32 years old.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2022
• Trump has put him up for a promotion from one-star to two-star admiral.
  — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 26 Apr. 2018
• Twenty-eight years later, in 1970, Brewer joined the Navy, which at the time had no Black admirals.
  — Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
• He will be promoted to four-star admiral as part of the new command.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 4 Nov. 2019
• After the rabbi finished the blessing on wine, the admiral cut in.
  — Menachem Wecker, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
• McCain, the son and grandson of admirals, was a U.S. Navy pilot.
  — Reuters, Fortune, 19 July 2017
• Of the 30 people without life jackets, 18 have been rescued and the rest are still missing, the admiral said.
  — Kocha Olarn, CNN, 21 Dec. 2022
• At a very civilized dinner aboard one of the ships, at a table with two admirals and Maj.
  — Austin Murphy, SI.com, 4 July 2017
• Janeway, last seen as an admiral in some Trek movie or other, will act as their mentor.
  — Andrew A. Smith Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 19 Oct. 2020
• In the aftermath of the coup, over 40 percent of generals and admirals have been expelled from the force.
  — John Butler, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2016
• Philip wore a blue Navy admiral uniform laden with ribbons and medals.
  — Ronald G. Shafer, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
• The 26-second clip showed the admiral addressing dozens of sailors, but there was no explanation about the fate of the rest.
  — New York Times, 17 Apr. 2022
• There was a royal admiral dressed in uniform opening the car door...
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 23 Mar. 2019
• Our neighbor Anna Wolkoff was the daughter of a czarist admiral.
  — New York Times, 22 June 2023
• The whole fight between Trump and his admirals looked remarkably opaque from the outside.
  — Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 29 Nov. 2019
• To that end, the admiral said Congress needs to fund the Aegis Ashore missile defense system, at a cost of about $1.6 billion, for the island.
  — Brad Lendon, CNN, 10 Mar. 2021
• For the admiral, who left the peninsula in 2014 with other sailors who remained loyal to Ukraine, that means taking the war to Crimea.
  — Marc Santora, New York Times, 12 Nov. 2023
• Such a carve-out requires sign-off from at least a one-star admiral or general, the message says.
  — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022
• As a royal, Prince Henrik held honorary ranks of general in the Danish army and air force, and was an admiral in the navy.
  — Jan M. Olsen, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2018
• In the 1400s Zheng He, a Muslim slave who became the Ming empire’s admiral, led seven voyages south and west.
  — The Economist, 28 Sep. 2019
• The death of the admiral in 1930 meant the writing desk would move once more, this time to Ulrich von Hassell, his private secretary and son-in-law.
  — Chelsia Rose Marcius, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2023
• The King wore an admiral's uniform adorned with Swedish chivalry orders for the portrait.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024