How to Use tactician in a Sentence

tactician

noun

• This is the art of the tactician but also the novelist.
  — Parul Sehgal, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2020
• Alex Forsyth, a true tactician, appears likely to step in for Shane Lemieux at left guard for the Ducks in 2020.
  — oregonlive, 8 Jan. 2020
• The fact that De Jong has now won Xavi's confidence means the 26-year-old wants to march on and repay the tactician's faith in him.
  — Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 16 July 2023
• The experienced tactician has been in charge of Iran since 2011 and has taken the team to new heights.
  — John Duerden, chicagotribune.com, 20 May 2018
• The master tactician has found the winning formula for the Premier League and does not want to share it.
  — SI.com, 7 Aug. 2019
• P.J. Fleck has proven himself as a tactician — and salesman — through his rapid rise up the coaching ranks.
  — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 6 Jan. 2017
• Pelosi—the first woman to lead her party in Congress and the first female Speaker of the House—has long been known as a shrewd tactician.
  — By michael Luo, The New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2019
• In many ways, while Shankly picked the team and handled the motivational side of the job, Paisley was the tactician.
  — SI.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• There’s no telling what new Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians, one of the game’s better tacticians, has in store for the 49ers.
  — Jon Becker, The Mercury News, 4 Sep. 2019
• This left us with far more scope, not only as a driver, but also as a tactician.
  — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 12 Apr. 2020
• Just to be able to get a hit, spoil pitches, and with Zack who obviously is a tactician on the mound.
  — Mark Potts, latimes.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• Jim Montgomery proved the right voice and tactician to replace Cassidy.
  — Chad Finn, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
• And his style—more aloof tactician than beloved leader—symbolizes to many what’s been lost on Wall Street.
  — Liz Hoffman, WSJ, 3 May 2018
• After his first arrests, S.N.C.C. recruited him to be a tactician for the group.
  — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• Rajoy, 62, showed himself to be an adept short-term tactician.
  — Charles Penty, Bloomberg.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• But as long as the Blues stay in the title race, Sarri the grizzled old tactician will carry that new-manager sheen.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 19 Oct. 2018
• Emmy Stuart worked the bow while Brad Julian served as tactician and trimmer for Horowitz.
  — baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2017
• But McConnell is as shrewd a tactician as Capitol Hill has ever seen.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 19 Dec. 2019
• North opened the campaign as the skipper of Enterprise with Burnham as his tactician.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2019
• Madigan, meanwhile, was long thought by many to be too careful and shrewd of a tactician to ever be caught up in a criminal case.
  — Ray Long, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2023
• Ainslie, a reserve helmsman for Oracle at the start of the race, was brought on board as a tactician with Team New Zealand out to a dominant start.
  — Christopher Clarey, New York Times, 25 May 2017
• Yet Klara turns out to be a canny, patient tactician for her friend’s best interests.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2019
• Sampson, whose reputation for being a master tactician was stretched to the limit, tried to get the guard-heavy Cougars to go to the basket more in the second half.
  — Dave Skretta, ajc, 4 Apr. 2021
• This Ben is a Machiavellian tactician, wrapped up in a pretty boy body with a rumbling inner-squid.
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 11 Jan. 2021
• Look, even the savvy tactician Zuckerberg can be horribly wrong.
  — Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2019
• No more fitting name to kick off racing on this surface with than trainer Mike Maker, who is a tactician with grass types.
  — Ed Derosa, The Courier-Journal, 28 Apr. 2023
• Dennis Conner then lured me away to be involved in America’s Cup effort as the tactician on his ‘B’ boat.
  — Bill Center, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 Jan. 2018
• Nurse, who was promoted last June after five seasons as an assistant, has emerged as one of the league’s top tacticians.
  — Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 4 June 2019
• Ukraine’s gambit, questioned by some Western tacticians and criticized by serving troops, has yet to lead to a notable advance.
  — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 23 Feb. 2024
• While few would ever question Belichick’s chops as a football tactician, he’s been far less adept as the Patriots’ de facto general manager.
  — Nate Davis, The Enquirer, 11 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 31 Jul 2024