OFFICER in a Sentence

Learn OFFICER from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
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.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of OFFICER
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.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV
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.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VIII
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.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER XI
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.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER I
5  His brother happened about the same time to be made an officer in the Guards.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
6  He began to be seen everywhere, directly he had received his commission as an officer.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
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.
Fathers and Children By Ivan Turgenev
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
8  But of the uppish ones there was one officer in particular I could not endure.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: I
9  I was simply amusing myself with the petitioners and with the officer, and in reality I never could become spiteful.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: I
10  An officer put me in my place from the first moment.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: I
11  This officer was over six foot, while I was a spindly little fellow.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: I
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.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: I
13  I often met that officer afterwards in the street and noticed him very carefully.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: I
14  At first I began making stealthy inquiries about this officer.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: I
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.
Notes from the Underground By Fyodor Dostoevsky
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: I
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.