How to Use commanding officer in a Sentence

commanding officer

noun

• He reported the incident to his commanding officer.
• Making no headway, the commanding officer ordered the tow-lines to be cut; the more than 150 men and one woman on the raft were set adrift.
  — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
• Mellekas take over the role of commanding officer for the Office of Field Operations.
  — Nicholas Rondinone, courant.com, 5 Mar. 2018
• Once they are notified of an on-duty death, commanding officers collect the officer’s star, shield and ID card for safekeeping.
  — Dawn Rhodes, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• Jonathan Cermeli, the commanding officer of the 110th Precinct in Elmhurst, cannot believe the abrupt change in events.
  — New York Times, 3 Dec. 2020
• So, who will be the next commanding officer of Truck 81?
  — Mónica Marie Zorrilla, Variety, 20 Oct. 2021
• Funston serves as the commanding officer of the Presidio military fort in the north of the city.
  — WIRED, 15 June 2023
• The Navy announced Friday the commanding officer of the ship, Capt.
  — Eleanor Watson, CBS News, 15 July 2022
• His plane was at about 3,000 feet and two back from the leader, flown by his commanding officer.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 28 Jan. 2022
• The commanding officer brought his wife along to watch.
  — TIME, 26 Jan. 2024
• This sailor added that many of the crew thought Mr. Modly had called them stupid for putting so much faith in their commanding officer.
  — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2020
• That changes when Ray Holt, a man with a lot to prove, becomes the new commanding officer of Brooklyn's 99th precinct.
  — Travis Bean, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
• His commanding officer said no, that the dog was too valuable to let go.
  — Katy Read, Star Tribune, 16 Jan. 2021
• The commanding officer of the fort is an inept dilettante played by Ken Berry.
  — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 9 July 2022
• Poulin, who spent the end of his career as a commanding officer of three lifeboat stations, moved into the home in March 2020.
  — Shelley Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Feb. 2023
• Matthew Maher, commanding officer of the training squadron, said in the video.
  — Jason Duaine Hahn, PEOPLE.com, 30 July 2020
• Jonathan Carter, commanding officer of the Legare, said.
  — Doug Phillips, Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 Apr. 2018
• Gibbs, who is in the Navy, sat in full uniform on Nov. 7 in the New London courtroom with his commanding officer.
  — Dave Altimari, Hartford Courant, 4 Dec. 2022
• Marcinko was selected as the first commanding officer of the new unit.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2021
• A couple of days later, Hale’s commanding officer told him the woman was the suspect’s wife, and in the back of the car were their two daughters, ages 5 and 3.
  — Washington Post, 26 July 2021
• He and two command officers running the detective bureau check and post on the app.
  — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2019
• In 1976, my dad was appointed commanding officer at a base in a town called Nea Makri, on the eastern coast.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 1 May 2018
• Among the reforms was a mandate to have a commanding officer sign off on all search warrants.
  — Elly Belle, refinery29.com, 15 Sep. 2020
• The chief of the boat and commanding officer are the most powerful people on a submarine, Saenz says.
  — Brenna Bailey, azcentral, 27 June 2018
• In this case, the leather mouse emerged from a bag of scrap leather first discovered during a 1993 dig at the residence of a commanding officer.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2020
• Christopher Chase, the Coast Guard’s commanding officer in the Guam region.
  — Ben Kesling, WSJ, 15 Mar. 2021
• More than 77 years ago, James asked a white commanding officer a question.
  — Tribune News Service, oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2022
• The commanding officer of the region, Lt. Gen. Oleksandr Pavliuk, toured the front with a group of journalists.
  — Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2022
• Gleeson recalled going to his commanding officer and asking to go to gunnery school.
  — Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 1 June 2024
• As the commanding officer, Sentsov rushed back to shore up his unit’s defenses with more troops and supplies, but a small detachment of Ukrainian soldiers was cut off at a position code-named Real.
  — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 24 June 2024

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024