How to Use marching orders in a Sentence

marching orders

plural noun

• The power play will have a new look and new marching orders.
  — Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 12 Oct. 2022
• No one was surprised the marching orders to get back to the office were coming.
  — Matt Egan, CNN, 18 June 2021
• Did David Chase give you any marching orders as far as who Dickie was or how to play him?
  — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2021
• The kids were alone at night and didn’t always follow Gach’s marching orders.
  — Star Tribune, 23 Feb. 2020
• The marching orders were: Get to Oklahoma and figure a plan out.
  — Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2024
• The marching orders go out, and the infantry falls quickly into line.
  — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 22 Jan. 2024
• His marching orders when he was sent down were to improve the command on his mid-to-high 90s mph fastball.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 16 July 2023
• But first, our guide gives us some marching orders before the games begin.
  — Tribune News Service, Orange County Register, 23 May 2024
• And his new marching orders could leave Lucas in the same position this year.
  — Byjeffrey Mervis, science.org, 20 Apr. 2023
• Licht’s marching orders were to drag CNN back to the center of the political divide.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2023
• When Sourisseau, his boss, put him on the story, his marching orders were simple.
  — Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2020
• After all, with the new season Hugo had assembled that was soon to be unveiled, the marching orders are clear.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
• Beyond jealousy or envy, that show rose me from the dead and gave me my marching orders to raise the bar on Devo in a do-or-die effort.
  — Liza Lentini, SPIN, 16 Dec. 2022
• But that doesn’t match what workers describe as their marching orders.
  — Scooty Nickerson, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
• There is a case today for Congress to issue new marching orders.
  — The Economist, 11 Aug. 2020
• Katie Couric is here with a translation, a lot of compassion, and marching orders.
  — Glamour, 1 June 2022
• Over the next three days, Lee reached out to Meadows several times, asking for marching orders.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 15 Apr. 2022
• Finding the best matchups, however, isn’t part of the marching orders for the 13-member committee.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 22 Dec. 2020
• What are your marching orders for building the company and growing sales?
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 1 July 2022
• Presidents take their marching orders from the trustees, and deans and department chairs from the president.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 11 Apr. 2021
• What were your marching orders to Lovely in terms of song selection and their performance?
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 27 Aug. 2020
• Their leaders know better but have their marching orders.
  — Andy Kessler, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2022
• Each federal would then have 1 year to adopt a policy that adheres to those marching orders.
  — Jeffrey Mervis, Science | AAAS, 13 May 2021
• That will be left to the two teams of officials, who were last week given new marching orders to continue and step up the pace of their discussions over the next two months and beyond.
  — Ian Wishart, Bloomberg.com, 15 June 2020
• This good and generous motor-mouthing poor sport has given you your marching orders.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 17 Apr. 2022
• Without marching orders, the standing army remained on call.
  — James Somers, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
• In another, deemed the office, volunteers check in to pick up money or get their marching orders.
  — New York Times, 12 Feb. 2022
• Emmer appeared days later on Fox News Sunday with the marching orders.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 10 Nov. 2022
• The Timberwolves carried out the marching orders to perfection.
  — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 20 May 2024
• The marching orders for that band of execs is to diversify, both the genres and formats that the company produces as well as the platforms that carry Skydance shows.
  — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 21 May 2024

Last Updated: 30 Nov 2024