Here you'll find 20 real example sentences with Colonel, the meaning.
Colonel in a sentence
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Colonel meaning
- A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).
- A military leader, distinct from the modern professional military rank.
- An honorary civilian title bestowed by some southern US states, most commonly Kentucky; notably Colonel Sanders of KFC.
Synonyms of Colonel
Example sentences (20)
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In later years, Bologne, by then involved in the French Revolution, was made colonel of an all-Black regiment.
President Irfaan Ali hands over the Golden Arrowhead to Lt Colonel Charles wife, children and close relatives.
The march comes in the wake of rumours that the Colonel Ibrahim Traore-led junta was facing an internal coup.
The memorial park was inaugurated by Mrs Dhano Devi, wife of Late Maj (Later Colonel) Hoshiyar Singh Dahiya, Param Vir Chakra.
Lieutenant Colonel Wu Bong-yeng poses for a photo at an airbase in Hsinchu, Taiwan, January 11, 2023.
Dustin Rhodes navigated the United States title scene against Colonel Rob Parker and Bunkhouse Buck.
Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus said: "We strike Hamas, we strike their infrastructure and we are actively hunting commanders.
IDF Lt. Colonel Jonathan Conricus (reserve) returns this morning with a nine-minute briefing on the status of Israel’s war on Hamas.
Fans can read Black Hammer’s Colonel Weird and Little Andromedawhen it releases March 22nd, 2023.
I was a huge fan of the Cluedo board game as a child and the Colonel is such a great character.
Lieutenant Colonel Karanbir Singh Natt has with immobility ever since that fateful day, making it impossible for him to react or speak.
Recall that Amadou Abdramane, a colonel-major, in Niger Republic announced the removal of President Mohamed Bazoum from office in July.
The characters of Nurse White and Colonel Yellow were renamed Mrs. White and Colonel Mustard for the actual release.
Mykola Salamakha, a Ukrainian colonel and military analyst, told Ukrainian Radio NV that Moscow's assault there was coming at huge cost.
His character, Lieutenant Colonel Austin Travis, is a Special Forces commander who suffers a surprise early death, but this was by design.
Eric aligns himself with the wrong crowd after he goes searching for the KFC colonel's chicken, which becomes something of an illegal drug.
The colonel confirmed a case of with two counts had been opened for further investigations.
He is suspected of having been the colonel's handler from the 1990s until the colonel's arrest last year.
He also retired from the Delaware National Guard as a colonel after 26 years in 1993.
Common combinations with colonel
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- lieutenant colonel 47×
- colonel and 11×
- and colonel 10×
- the colonel 10×
- by colonel 8×
- of colonel 7×
- lt colonel 6×
- army colonel 6×
- colonel in 6×
- colonel to 5×
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