How to Use appoint in a Sentence

appoint

verb

• Every year, the group appoints three new members.
• After his parents died, the boy's uncle was appointed as his guardian.
• She was appointed professor of chemistry at the university.
• Macron will have to appoint a new Prime Minister—once again, of his own choosing.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2024
• The first step in solving the problem is to appoint an executive responsible for the end-to-end returns process.
  — Alan Amling and Thomas Goldsby, WSJ, 26 Dec. 2022
• His medical care was completed in a couple of months, but the courts, backlogged by the pandemic, took a few more months to appoint a social worker as guardian.
  — Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Dec. 2022
• Power of attorney – document to appoint an agent to handle legal, tax and financial matters.
  — Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• Rowe, then Secret Service deputy director, was appointed to replace her in July.
  — Sara Dorn, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
• Another of the committee's criminal referrals homes in on the effort to appoint alternate Trump electors in key states.
  — Arkansas Online, 24 Dec. 2022
• Last month, a judge approved a request from the Justice Department to appoint a third-party manager for Jackson's water system.
  — CBS News, 25 Dec. 2022
• This is the first time since the 1950s the post will be elected, not appointed.
  — Sommer Brugal, Axios, 31 July 2024
• Tribble said the board hopes to appoint a permanent CEO in the next six to nine months.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 18 Jan. 2023
• The 160 deputies who will be elected in June also will appoint judges and magistrates to the Supreme Court of Justice.
  — Soudi Jiménez, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2023
• Even if the ministry has objections, the judges can send the candidate’s name back, and the ministry must appoint them.
  — Anant Gupta, Washington Post, 20 Jan. 2023
• Removal would give Democrats trio on bench If the justices are removed, Hobbs would appoint three people to the court in her first term.
  — Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 18 Oct. 2024
• He has been appointed two attorneys by the court and pleaded not guilty.
  — Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 7 Nov. 2023
• The board settled into factions, and couldn’t break its 3-3 tie to appoint a new trustee to fill a vacancy.
  — Henry Krausse, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2023
• Of the seven justices on the state's Supreme Court, five were appointed by DeSantis.
  — Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2023
• Trump Media seeks to make the co-founders forfeit their stake in the company and to take away their ability to appoint members to the board.
  — Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
• He was first appointed assistant to Hamas’s founder, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, in 1997.
  — Frances Vinall, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
• At that point, Macron could reappoint Borne or appoint a new prime minister.
  — Roger Cohen, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• At that point, Mr. Macron could reappoint Ms. Borne or appoint a new prime minister.
  — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• One of the main points of contention is the ruling coalition’s push for more power in appointing judges, including to the Supreme Court.
  — Reuters, NBC News, 2 Apr. 2023
• Cheatle was appointed to the post by President Joe Biden in 2022.
  — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 July 2024
• They were abetted by the Latin churchmen who forged the Donation of Constantine as the pope’s license to appoint a king of the Romans.
  — Dominic Green, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
• The members appoint their chairperson, who runs the public meetings and sets the agenda.
  — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2023
• Eighty-three of the 132 cardinal leaders that would be tasked with electing the next pope were appointed by Pope Francis.
  — William Skipworth, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2023
• Each will serve four years on a staggered basis, with terms expiring June 30 on the year they are appointed.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
• Mohamed’s first mission was appointing a head coach, and his choice fell on Dimitri Lipoff.
  — Assile Toufaily, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
• Reyes, who was appointed to the bench in February, set his sentencing for Aug. 30.
  — Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 17 May 2023

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024