colonel

[ˈkɜːrnl]

Definition:
1. An officer of high rank in the army, the marines , or the US air force.

Use 'colonel' in a sentence:

• 1. Colonel Richard Nelson served on the school board until this year.
• 2. Turkin tapped him on the shoulder. 'Sorry to interrupt, Colonel.'
• 3. Clarence screws up his face and imitates the Colonel again.
• 4. There are many patients in the ward and his latest include Colonel Norville Bliss who has dissociated from his past.
• 5. Colonel Qaddafi was never mentioned by name.
• 6. The Libyan leader Colonel Gadaffi repeated his call for the release of hostages.
• 7. I also asked Jeff to talk to Colonel Holmes.
• 8. The colonel had left nothing.
• 9. What might the colonel be thinking now?
• 10. The colonel ordered, "I want two good engines down here asap."
• 11. While he was gone she had tea with the Colonel.
• 12. The colonel was decorated for bravery, having fought off the enemy.
• 13. He finally gained the rank of colonel.
• 14. He's a retired lieutenant colonel and a bit of a martinet.
• 15. The colonel ordered, 'I want two good engines down here asap.'
• 16. An army major ranks between a captain and a colonel.
• 17. The one on the floor was the colonel.
• 18. He's a retired Lieutenant Colonel and a bit of a martinet.
• 19. When Colonel Harper found out, he would go ape.
• 20. The Colonel gave the command to attack.
• 21. In 1842, two army officers, Colonel Charles Stoddart and Captain Arthur Conolly, were beheaded here in public.
• 22. The colonel ordered 'Halt!'
• 23. I rang the Colonel and asked him to put my name forward for the vacancy in Zurich.
• 24. Colonel Pugh, for the prosecution, said that the offences occurred over a six-year period.
• 25. The Colonel lifted the phone and dialed his superior.
• 26. The colonel rushed up to Earle and shook his gun at him.
• 27. Temple teamed with Bill Robinson in four movies, and their dance on the stairs in The Little Colonel is still a legendary film moment.
• 28. And the colonel still has lots of money.
• 29. His colonel had designs on his wife.
• 30. The colonel saw active service in Borneo and was awarded the General Service Medal.
• 31. Even bunkered in his Bab al-Aziziya military base, the colonel maintained his strategic depth.
• 32. Providentially, he had earlier made friends with a Russian Colonel.
• 33. I'm in command of the regiment while the colonel's on leave.
• 34. The Monsignor turned his gaze from the flames to meet the Colonel's.
• 35. Mills was regimental colonel.
• 36. The colonel was able to orchestrate a rebellion from inside an army jail.
• 37. The colonel was rewarded with a resounding cheer from the men.
• 38. Turkin tapped him on the shoulder. "Sorry to interrupt, Colonel."
• 39. The colonel lifted the phone and dialled his superior.
• 40. On his return home, the government accorded him the rank of Colonel.
• 41. The Colonel bowed his head and whispered a prayer of thanksgiving.
• 42. Colonel Hardy would like to see every tank with a computerized aid.
• 43. The colonel was sitting behind a cheap wooden desk.
• 44. The colonel paraded his men before the Queen.
• 45. The title "colonel" was an honorific.
• 46. It seemed the Colonel had no desire to make an issue of the affair.
• 47. The colonel rushed up to Earle, shaking his gun at him.
• 48. The government accorded him the rank of Colonel.
• 49. This particular place was run by an ex-Army colonel.
• 50. 'I'm still staff colonel.' — 'Is that a fact?'