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?'