chairman

[ˈtʃermən]

Definition:
1. The officer who presides at the meetings of an organization.
2. Act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university.

'chairman' example sentence:

1. The chairman has also given his approval for an investigation into the case.
2. We will need you and the chairman standing shoulder to shoulder on basic positions.
3. The chairman also criticised the plan for its tilt towards higher taxes rather than lower spending.
4. The chairman keeps a beady eye on things.
5. The dismissals followed the resignation of the chairman.
6. It would be illuminating to hear the views of the club vice-chairman.
7. A lot of credit must go to the chairman and his father.
8. He was ousted as chairman.
9. 'Till we meet again, wherever that is,' said the chairman.
10. Some members of the board were trying to undercut the chairman's authority.
11. He complained of being muzzled by the chairman.
12. I had done business with the company's chairman.
13. The report by the chairman will ram this point home.
14. Glyn Ford is chairman of the committee which produced the report.
15. The report by Marks& Spencer's chairman will ram this point home.
16. His comments appeared to contradict remarks made earlier in the day by the chairman.
17. He lacked the judgment and political acumen for the post of chairman.
18. The committee voted to re-elect him chairman.
19. His statements drew a stinging rebuke from the chairman.
20. He remains chairman, but wields little power at the company.
21. Chairman or no, if I want to stop the project, I can.
22. He was given the honorific title of national chairman.
23. He was an admirable chairman.
24. He is second in line to the chairman.
25. The chairman tried to take the heat out of the situation.
26. The position of chairman has been vacant for some time.
27. The chairman suffered the indignity of being refused admission to the meeting.
28. The chairman tried to disguise his mortification.
29. The chairman overrode the committee's objections and signed the agreement.
30. The chairman quipped that he would rather sell his airline than his computer systems.
31. Very little was said as we awaited the arrival of the chairman.
32. Profits plunged and he stood down as chairman last January.
33. In his first years as chairman he was instrumental in raising the company's wider profile.
34. The conference chairman has set a deadline of noon tomorrow.
35. David Rowland is almost certain to succeed him as chairman on January 1.
36. Without the chairman's support, the committee is impotent.
37. He is hoping to recruit a chairman from outside the company.
38. The committee voted to re-elect him (as) chairman.
39. Already he has exacted a written apology from the chairman of the commission.
40. Thank you, Mr Chairman.
41. I propose Tom Ellis for chairman.
42. The job of chairman can no longer be regarded as a convenient soft option.
43. When the chairman of Campbell's retired, McGovern was named as his successor.
44. The new chairman hopes to get the company back on its feet within six months.
45. As chairman, I must remain impartial.
46. The argument continued until the chairman called them both to order.
47. The chairman expressed the opinion that job losses were inevitable.
48. I now call upon the chairman to address the meeting.
49. He became chairman in succession to Bernard Allen.
50. The chairman of the company presented the annual report.