How to Use commanding officer in a Sentence

commanding officer

noun

• He reported the incident to his commanding officer.
• Some were made for families back home, others to be sold and a few by orderlies as gifts for their commanding officers.
  — Roberta Smith, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2017
• Ballew begins repeatedly asking for their commanding officer as one of his wrists is placed in handcuffs.
  — Makeda Easter, latimes.com, 20 Dec. 2017
• His commanding officer is a shady jerk who made a mysterious, questionable decision with his last platoon.
  — Steven Strom, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2017
• John Billings, who was Bergdahl’s commanding officer, testified.
  — Shauna Williams, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2017
• Jill Hume contends the department and commanding officers knew or should have known of his misconduct and failed to take prompt and appropriate action.
  — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 8 Jan. 2018
• The Ashland, which happened to be in the area to avoid a storm, traveled 100 miles and found them the next day, said the ship's commanding officer, Cmdr.
  — CBS News, 30 Oct. 2017
• Bobby Wayland, commanding officer of William P. Lawrence., said in a statement.
  — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
• Amiott was reprimanded for pistol-whipping a driver with a handgun, mishandling evidence and losing his temper in front of his commanding officer.
  — Anne Branigin, The Root, 17 Oct. 2017
• Firefighters' gear is built for heat exposure, not chilly weather; in extremely low temperatures, their command officers need to rotate them out sooner, Cade said.
  — Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 29 Dec. 2017
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The measure also would have reworked the composition of the LAPD’s three-member disciplinary panels, known as boards of rights, ensuring that one member is a commanding officer.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024

Last Updated: 14 Nov 2024