veteran

[ˈvetərən]

Definition:
1. A serviceman who has seen considerable active service.
2. A person who has served in the armed forces.
3. An experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service.
4. Rendered competent through trial and experience.

Use 'veteran' in a sentence:

1. Many veterans believe it is their job to bear witness to the horrors of war that they personally experienced.
2. And you, Mr. Veteran, you must have been often wounded?
3. Being a "veteran", however, had its USES.
4. I am proud to be a veteran, along with many others.
5. "Hedge funds used to be set up by two guys in a back alley with a flashlight," says one veteran.
6. To study the sleep quality and factors affecting on the retired veteran.
7. " He rocks the boat daily," says one industry veteran.
8. He acquitted himself like a veteran.
9. He is a veteran in playing ping-pong.
10. Finley is expected to sign for the prorated veteran minimum.
11. Eddie, a war veteran who spends his days repairing amusement park rides, is less than thrilled with his seemingly pointless existence.
12. The young workers often asked the veteran workers for advice.
13. It may take a Google veteran to fight back.
14. This veteran worker taught his children to be honest.
15. And a study of Vietnam veterans found that 52 percent of combat vets6 with post traumatic stress disorder ( PTSD) had nightmares fairly often, compared to only 3 percent of civilians7, according to the U.S. Department Of Veterans Affairs.
16. Television veteran Audrey Morrissey, executive producer of NBC's The Voice, is always looking for what will make a person or story interesting to viewers.
17. She cuddles with up to 30 men a week-including pensioners and war veterans.
18. The cast features veterans and young stars.
19. People have great respect for the war veteran.
20. "I am a Vietnam veteran myself," he said.
21. Find the call center veteran to model in the tool the selected business process.
22. Dogar, a veteran of Liberia's railway.
23. "We are priests," says one veteran. "We have no family."
24. Stay-at-home veteran: "Congratulations!"
25. A survey of quality of life in disabled veterans in Hubei Province.
26. "Why should we help Vietnam?" asked one veteran.
27. Bertie Ahern is a veteran politician.
28. The veteran soldier has fought many memorable battles.
29. They approved a$ 1.1 billion package of pay increases for the veterans of the Persian Gulf War.
30. A classic crime novel with over 13000 five-star Goodreads ratings: PI Philip Marlowe is drawn into the mystery of a war veteran ’ s murdered wife, which heats up when the veteran himself disappears.
31. It is understood that the veteran reporter had a heart attack.
32. He is a veteran in the service of education.
33. Any seasoned veteran will tell you that.
34. If your project is being resisted, for example, by a group of veteran employees, ask another old-timer to speak up for it.
35. He says Russia's veterans provide a rich example of service.
36. "These people who promote the perfect body really don't care about you at all," says Kelsey Hertel, a high school junior and Body Project veteran in Eugene, Oregon.
37. In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran cast vicariously as both victim and villain vicissitudes of fate.
38. A new technique to make full use of veteran oil wells.
39. Work with a veteran volunteer.
40. The veteran has been used horribly.
41. Richard was a veteran of many battles.
42. His more kindly stepfather was a disabled civil-war veteran.
43. Among the protesters and war veterans proudly displaying their medals was Aubrey Rose.
44. The Asian film Awards honored two veteran filmmakers.
45. Huang Zhong replied, "Veteran Yan Yan."
46. When a veteran goes into action, he can do the job of two.
47. The veteran worker ranks high in public love and esteem.
48. Any veteran nicotine addict will testify that fancy packaging plays no role in the decision to keep smoking.
49. This veteran cadre still remains his philosophy of hard work and plain-living.
50. He is a veteran parliamentarian whose views enjoy widespread respect.
51. Some veterans of the two world wars gathered to celebrate their victory.
52. The baseball veteran loved to coach young players.