How to Use debrief in a Sentence

debrief

verb

• The pilot was debriefed after his flight.
• Police debriefed the hostages upon their return.
• One way to do this is to debrief the girls after the shift ends.
  — Dr. Katie Hurley, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
• As her 12-hour shift drew to a close, Rosenberg debriefed the nurse who would take over that night.
  — USA Today, 15 Apr. 2020
• Afterward, over Zoom, Callan asked the group to debrief the session.
  — Adam Iscoe, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
• In the days after the game players spent much time on the phone, debriefing each other.
  — Lee Jenkins, SI.com, 24 Jan. 2018
• An hour and twenty minutes later, the three of us trooped back into the office to debrief.
  — Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 16 May 2022
• Did you guys debrief after the lip sync at all, or talk since about the elimination?
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 15 Mar. 2021
• In the near future, Noname hopes to debrief each month’s books with a new podcast series.
  — Kynala Phillips, Essence, 29 July 2019
• The group reconvened at 6:30 p.m., this time to quickly debrief.
  — Cayla Harris, San Antonio Express-News, 3 June 2021
• Ahmad, preparing to try him, debriefed Zazi and Ahmedzay at length.
  — Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker, 15 May 2017
• Leadership should debrief and learn from this to clarify what worked and what didn’t.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 9 June 2022
• On Monday, dozens of high school juniors poured in to get a sense of their new school and get debriefed on their upcoming classes.
  — Jason Ruiter, OrlandoSentinel.com, 14 Aug. 2017
• The hospital held a debriefing the next day, but Anderson couldn’t make it.
  — Washington Post, 6 July 2019
• Those in-person could continue to debrief after the call.
  — Krithika Varagur, WSJ, 27 June 2021
• The next morning, everybody gathered at Last Bus Stop to debrief.
  — Sean Williams, Harper's magazine, 19 Aug. 2019
• Amazon has the right to ask the Pentagon to debrief the company on what led it to pick Microsoft instead.
  — Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2019
• The students sit down separately and debrief with an adult.
  — Amy Joyce, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2019
• Sher was debriefing with Miranda when Sorkin’s name came up.
  — Michael Paulson, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2023
• Adults who are able will be debriefed Hostages who are well enough will be allowed to leave the medical facilities.
  — Shoshanna Solomon, WSJ, 24 Nov. 2023
• Before their flight, Shankar and Tucker-Ray debriefed in their hotel lobby.
  — Sarah Stillman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
• Beck was not by nature suspicious of the motives of others, but Maureen would have wanted to debrief for hours.
  — Hazlitt, 26 July 2023
• The show then debriefs Burnham (and the audience) on what exactly just happened.
  — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 2 Oct. 2017
• Before bidding Katie adieu, Greg sits down with her to debrief on her visit with his family.
  — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 10 Aug. 2021
• After the meeting, as the staff debriefed over Slack, someone quickly dug up the young exec’s Instagram account and sent it around.
  — Gabriella Paiella, The Cut, 14 Feb. 2018
• One week later, the entire team who’d been involved in Oliver’s care gathered around a table in a cramped, windowless room to debrief.
  — Neil Singh, Wired, 15 June 2021
• Team officials weren’t able to debrief ushers in the area where the fan shouted until after the concert ended about an hour later.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 Aug. 2021
• During the training video shoot, school counselors talked with students ahead of filming and debriefed them afterward, Perez said.
  — Ashley McBride, ExpressNews.com, 11 Feb. 2020
• While being on night shift means opening the clinic alone, staffers can debrief tough cases together.
  — Katheryn Houghton, Anchorage Daily News, 14 May 2023
• The winners already had returned to their hotels, showered, been drug-tested, and debriefed by the media when Moffi was just digging into the race.
  — Barbara Matson, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Apr. 2018

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024