How to Use lieutenant in a Sentence

lieutenant

noun

• He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant.
• She has her best lieutenants working on a proposal.
• The men took off with the items in a red Nissan sedan, the lieutenant said.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
• After someone stabbed the man, the people in the group took off, the lieutenant said.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2023
• The fire chief said that the lieutenant had never gotten off the fire truck.
  — Jessica Jaglois, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Feb. 2023
• The lieutenant said deputies found clothing in a suitcase inside the car.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2023
• All three men appeared to be homeless, the lieutenant said.
  — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2024
• But by the time he and two of his lieutenants were extradited, the case was over.
  — Tim Golden, ProPublica, 19 July 2024
• This led to the lieutenant giving his phone number to the victim, said O’Hara.
  — Julia Gomez, USA TODAY, 28 Oct. 2024
• The lieutenant Frederik Coning has a lemon in his fist and is mid-squeeze over a tray of plump oysters.
  — Zachary Fine, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
• On one end of the phone was a D.C. police lieutenant in charge of the intelligence unit.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2022
• Chapek tapped Walden, Rice’s top lieutenant, to replace him.
  — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2022
• In the events of the film, The Penguin served as a lieutenant to crime boss Carmine Falcone, who meets an untimely end.
  — Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2024
• The youngest pilot on board, a twenty-six-year-old lieutenant named Rusty Joyce, manned the controls.
  — Ben Taub, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2024
• The lieutenant did not say what may have preceded the shooting.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2022
• Friedman served in the Air Force during the Korean War, rising to the rank of lieutenant.
  — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2023
• Choi, a private first class, was the lowest-ranking member there, and the lieutenant in charge ordered him to board the bus and count the dead.
  — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2023
• The victim's grandfather rose to the rank of captain and his father was a lieutenant.
  — Erick Mendoza, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2023
• Once at the bridge, Jocelyn was murdered, the lieutenant said.
  — Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 26 June 2024
• In the movie, The Penguin was a lieutenant to crime boss Carmine Falcone, who met an untimely end.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 June 2024
• The lieutenant said officers found methamphetamine and a pipe on the suspect.
  — David Hernandez jan. 30, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2023
• One of Arndt’s lieutenants informed him that Mariar was already in the back of the ambulance.
  — Ted Genoways, The New Republic, 25 May 2023
• McCarthy and his top lieutenants have in recent days said the White House needs to agree to cut spending, not just keep it flat.
  — Paul Kane, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
• The lieutenant attempted to make contact with a black 2019 Range Rover.
  — Elainie Barraza, Orlando Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2023
• At the time, he was employed by LMPD and eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant.
  — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
• The lieutenant did not release the ages of the victims, who were described as elderly.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2024
• The lieutenant said a person was caught on a home security video, standing on the hood of a sedan and stomping on the the windshield.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2023
• At the time, he was employed by LMPD and eventually rose to the rank of lieutenant.
  — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
• Kelly Meggs, one of Rhodes' chief lieutenants, was sentenced to 12 years in prison.
  — Quinn Owen, ABC News, 2 June 2023
• Ollie Pope stepped in like a good lieutenant but doesn't possess the same gun-slinging gusto.
  — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Nov 2024