OFFICER in a Sentence
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420 example sentences for OFFICER, such as:
1. The officer grabbed him by the arm.
2. My brother is an officer in the Navy.
3. He was accused of conduct unbecoming to an officer.
4. An officer put me in my place from the first moment.
5. The officer ordered the troop to retire from the action.
2. My brother is an officer in the Navy.
3. He was accused of conduct unbecoming to an officer.
4. An officer put me in my place from the first moment.
5. The officer ordered the troop to retire from the action.
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Meanings and Examples of OFFICER
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officer
n. a person authorized to serve in a position of authority on a vessel
v. direct or command as an officer
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Good sir, allow me to represent to you that I am a Government officer.
2 At all events, for a moment or two our Chichikov felt that he was a young man again, if not exactly a military officer.
3 And that way he made, and then applied himself to his new duties with a zeal born of the fact that he realised that fortune had specially marked him out for a Customs officer.
4 Had he been an old man in a humble station of life, instead of a proud and swaggering officer, I should not have minded so much.
5 His brother happened about the same time to be made an officer in the Guards.
6 He began to be seen everywhere, directly he had received his commission as an officer.
7 Urging the driver on without intermission, he flew along, like a young officer riding to battle; and he felt both frightened and light-hearted, and was breathless with impatience.
8 But of the uppish ones there was one officer in particular I could not endure.
9 I was simply amusing myself with the petitioners and with the officer, and in reality I never could become spiteful.
10 An officer put me in my place from the first moment.
11 This officer was over six foot, while I was a spindly little fellow.
12 Don't imagine, though, it was cowardice made me slink away from the officer; I never have been a coward at heart, though I have always been a coward in action.
13 I often met that officer afterwards in the street and noticed him very carefully.
14 At first I began making stealthy inquiries about this officer.
15 One morning, though I had never tried my hand with the pen, it suddenly occurred to me to write a satire on this officer in the form of a novel which would unmask his villainy.
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 He realised that it was improper for a police officer to accept gifts.
2 As a police officer you are expected to uphold the law whether you agree with it or not.
3 The officer grabbed him by the arm.
4 The police officer said the attack was the most horrendous he had ever seen.
5 The officer was charged with going beyond the law in his treatment of the citizens.
6 The officer ordered the troop to retire from the action.
7 The Prussian gunner officer saw another troop of Dragoons threatening to outflank his position.
8 His conduct was totally unbecoming to an officer in the British armed services.
9 My brother is an officer in the Navy.
10 He's hoping for a career in the police force/as a police officer.
11 Her husband served during the Civil War as an officer in the White Army.
12 Any officer who is convicted of conduct unbecoming an officer shall be court-martialled.
13 He was accused of conduct unbecoming to an officer.
14 A police officer who takes to crime is likely to be more successful at it than most.
15 The most junior executive officer outranked the senior engineer officer aboard ship.