ADJUTANT in a Sentence

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118 example sentences for ADJUTANT, such as:
1. And God only knows where your man Peter is, said the other adjutant.
2. At that instant some adjutant flew up to her and begged for a quadrille.
3. The regimental adjutant came in and confirmed the news brought by Zherkov.
4. The words passed along the lines and an adjutant ran to look for the missing officer.
5. And the commander, turning to look at the adjutant, directed his jerky steps down the line.
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 Meanings and Examples of ADJUTANT
adjutant
 n.  an officer who acts as military assistant to a more senior officer
 n.  large Indian stork with a military gait
Classic Sentence: (117 in 8 pages)
1  At that instant some adjutant flew up to her and begged for a quadrille.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
2  The words passed along the lines and an adjutant ran to look for the missing officer.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
3  And the commander, turning to look at the adjutant, directed his jerky steps down the line.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER I
4  Nearest of all to the commander-in-chief walked a handsome adjutant.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER II
5  said Kutuzov glancing at Bolkonski as if by this exclamation he was asking the adjutant to wait, and he went on with the conversation in French.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER III
6  The regimental adjutant came in and confirmed the news brought by Zherkov.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V
7  The adjutant on duty, meeting Prince Andrew, asked him to wait, and went in to the Minister of War.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX
8  The adjutant by his elaborate courtesy appeared to wish to ward off any attempt at familiarity on the part of the Russian messenger.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX
9  His fertile mind instantly suggested to him a point of view which gave him a right to despise the adjutant and the minister.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX
10  "Take this and deliver it," said he to his adjutant, handing him the papers and still taking no notice of the special messenger.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER IX
11  But after it was over, the adjutant he had seen the previous day ceremoniously informed Bolkonski that the Emperor desired to give him an audience.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XII
12  Yesterday's adjutant reproached him for not having stayed at the palace, and offered him his own house.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XII
13  Entering the house, Prince Andrew saw Nesvitski and another adjutant having something to eat.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII
14  "Here, in that house," answered the adjutant.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII
15  And God only knows where your man Peter is, said the other adjutant.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER XIII
Example Sentence:
1  The adjutant general may designate an officer to be in direct charge of each armory, arsenal, camp, base, or other facility.