How to Use lieutenant colonel in a Sentence

lieutenant colonel

noun

• Torney was 55, a lieutenant colonel, and a man who knew what to do.
  — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 11 Apr. 2020
• By the time the Civil War drew to a close in April 1865, he’d been promoted to lieutenant colonel.
  — Jason Emerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Jan. 2022
• Her husband is a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps.
  — Alicia Fabbre, chicagotribune.com, 13 July 2021
• The commander, a lieutenant colonel who goes by the call sign Kupol, served in the 46th Air Assault Brigade.
  — Isabelle Khurshudyan, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• Glen Hines said, seeming to empathize with the lieutenant colonel.
  — NBC News, 14 Oct. 2021
• McGrath retired from the Marines in 2017 as a lieutenant colonel and moved back to Kentucky.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 9 July 2019
• The same award was given to lieutenant colonel Oleksii Osypenko.
  — Katya Soldak, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• Davis retired from the Army in 1985 at the rank of lieutenant colonel and now resides in Alexandria, Virginia.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2023
• Mahtabudin Safi, an Afghan air force lieutenant colonel, came here with his wife and eight children, who range from 2 to 16 years old.
  — Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Dec. 2021
• West, 59, a native of Atlanta, served in the U.S. Army, retiring as a lieutenant colonel.
  — Fox News, 24 May 2020
• The lieutenant colonel pulled the Velcro press identifier off my body armor and dropped it down the hole.
  — Michael Tobin, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2024
• The lieutenant colonel then ordered a private to escort the general out of their zone.
  — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Nov. 2020
• The lieutenant colonel and the foundation have raised more than $2 million for him and his family.
  — NBC News, 14 Oct. 2021
• Ben is a lieutenant colonel and an orthopedic surgeon for the British Army.
  — Regina Tingle, Good Housekeeping, 5 Nov. 2021
• Vindman was promoted to the rank of Army lieutenant colonel in 2015.
  — NBC News, 20 Nov. 2019
• The party made camp the first night in Frederick, Maryland, where a brevet lieutenant colonel joined the group as a last-minute observer for the Tank Corps.
  — al.com, 7 July 2019
• The Iraq War veteran is currently a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve.
  — Salena Zito, Washington Examiner, 23 Feb. 2021
• Two of the others are in the same Space Force unit with the rank of lieutenant colonel, which is typically reached in a service member’s early 40s.
  — Tara Copp, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2023
• Later, in 2015, James learned that she was not selected for a promotion from lieutenant colonel to colonel.
  — USA Today, 31 Mar. 2021
• Butler would be the first Black person to lead the state police, if confirmed by the full Senate, and is the sixth Black lieutenant colonel in the agency’s 102-year history.
  — Darcy Costello, Baltimore Sun, 27 Mar. 2023
• Brock flew combat missions in Afghanistan before retiring from the Air Force as a lieutenant colonel.
  — Michael Kunzelman, ajc, 17 Mar. 2023
• The highest paid law enforcement officer on the state payroll was Richard Ball, a lieutenant colonel with the State Police.
  — Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2021
• And the performances are strong across the board, especially that of Thomas Kretschmann as a devious Stasi lieutenant colonel.
  — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2020
• The backers of West, a former Army lieutenant colonel, most often mention his service.
  — Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2022
• Back in Iowa, her service as a lieutenant colonel in the National Guard was low-status within the military, which ate at her.
  — Kerry Howley, The New Republic, 17 Sep. 2020
• Eventually, she was promoted to lieutenant colonel, the highest rank a woman could achieve in the WAC.
  — Erin Blakemore, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 June 2020
• For Peyton, who was an Air Force lieutenant colonel, that decisive call was a heart-racing moment.
  — Dominic Gates, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Feb. 2023
• Miller-Meeks served in the Army for 24 years and earned the rank of lieutenant colonel prior to returning to the private sector and opening a private medical practice.
  — Kerry Picket, Washington Examiner, 27 Mar. 2021
• Her mother, Margaret, for example, went through a tough childhood but later rose through the ranks to lieutenant colonel with the Illinois State Police.
  — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2023
• Darnell Weaver, who, on June 20, will take over as lieutenant colonel and deputy superintendent.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 May 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024