How to Use commander in chief in a Sentence

commander in chief

noun phrase

• How must Hyman Krantz have felt telling our class of innocent, unsuspecting 11- and 12-year-olds that someone had gunned down our commander in chief?
  — Bob Brody, Baltimore Sun, 22 Nov. 2024
• In the final stretch of campaigning, the stakes for who takes on the role of commander in chief increase by the day.
  — Alex Perry, The Enquirer, 11 Oct. 2024
• Look, the -- the blame for what happened here falls squarely on the current commander in chief.
  — CBS News, 2 July 2023
• Logan, the commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, sought a way to remember the Union soldiers who died.
  — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
• President Biden stood, hand over heart, on the cold, wet tarmac to pay his respects as the commander in chief.
  — Kenny Holston, New York Times, 27 May 2024
• But commander in chief isn't the only one in office, that's of course, not the only thing on the ballot for November.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2024
• Does the military of our country deserve or want such a commander in chief?
  — Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2024
• This is known as the presidential anthem, reserved for the presence of the commander in chief, hence the title.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2023
• Biden is the oldest commander in chief in U.S. history.
  — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 July 2024
• Biden is the oldest commander in chief in U.S. history.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2023
• Can it be used to canny effect in U.S. foreign policy by the commander in chief?
  — Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
• Is Joe Biden really in control as our commander in chief?
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2024
• These border missions have been exercised by both red and blue commanders in chief.
  — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2024
• The nation’s 45th commander in chief was escorted from Trump Tower to the courthouse by the Secret Service and may have his mug shot taken.
  — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
• The nation’s 45th commander in chief will be escorted from Trump Tower to the courthouse by the Secret Service and may have his mug shot taken.
  — Michael R. Sisak, Eric Tucker, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
• While serving as the commander in chief, Trump reimbursed Cohen, and that’s where the fraud kicked in, prosecutors say.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• While serving as the commander in chief, Mr. Trump reimbursed Mr. Cohen, and that’s where the fraud kicked in, prosecutors say.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
• Most people would argue voters have a right to know whether the commander in chief is physically able to perform his role.
  — Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 Sep. 2024
• The stakes were high for all—and Harry had escaped from none other than the commander in chief of the now-victorious Continental Army.
  — Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2023
• But the Biden administration has said Mr. Zelensky, as commander in chief, makes the call.
  — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
• The former commander in chief has qualified for the debates under its polling and donor criteria.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2023
• There’s a minimum age to run for president, but there isn’t a maximum, as evidenced by the past two commanders in chief.
  — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
• Who doesn't want to have his picture taken with amputee veterans of various conflicts to be the next commander in chief?
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2024
• Members of Congress jockeying for camera position along the center aisle as the beaming commander in chief makes his way to the rostrum.
  — George Skelton, The Mercury News, 29 June 2024
• In offering himself as a candidate again, Mr. Biden is asking Americans to trust him with the powers of the commander in chief well into his ninth decade.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
• But the unprecedented arrest of a former commander in chief will be anything but routine.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
• The idea behind the law is that any president -- as commander in chief of U.S. forces -- shouldn't be allowed to use federal military might against its own citizens.
  — Anne Flaherty, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2024
• The move also came as the commander in chief has sought to boost his conservation record heading into the presidential election.
  — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
• Smalls helped convince the commander in chief to make an important change in military and public policy.
  — Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
• That’s because the commander in chief doesn’t get credit for making things slightly, gradually less bad, Psaki said.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024