Definition: 1. A member of one of the middle ranks in the army and the air force , below an officer. 2. A police officer just below the rank of a lieutenant or captain.
Use 'sergeant' in a sentence:
1. Sergeant Foster waited by the door.
2. Sergeant Cobbins was an experienced officer and didn't miss much.
3. The recruits were soon licked into shape by the drill sergeants.
4. 'Now watch it, Patsy,' the Sergeant told her.
5. "Now watch it, Patsy," the sergeant told her.
6. Sergeant Long will hit the roof when I tell him you've gone off.
7. "I'm only a sergeant," said Clements.
8. The sergeant told the men to close up.
9. Sergeant Rivero says arrests for panhandling take place every day.
10. 'I'm only a sergeant,' said Clements.
11. The heroic sergeant risked his life to rescue 29 fishermen from their blazing trawler.
12. A police sergeant patrolling the area spotted flames at the shop.
13. If anybody has any connections to the Boston press, as well as national press, Sergeant Crowley would be happy for you to stop trampling his grass.
14. 'Sergeant, I should like a word with you,' said the newcomer, in a pleasantly-inflected baritone.
15. The sergeant stood to attention and saluted.
16. Sergeants and corporals outnumber private soldiers.
17. The sergeant is drilling the recruits on the square.
18. Sergeant Parrott normally spoke with an upper-crust accent.
19. As we filed outside, the sergeant stood by the door with his assistant.
20. He wore shoulderstrap rank slides with sergeant's chevrons.
21. Sergeant Foster's face went red.
22. Four men led by a sergeant lay in ambush at the crossroads.
23. I left a sergeant in command and rode forward to reconnoitre.
24. It was claimed she cavorted with a police sergeant in a Jacuzzi, but she denies this.
25. A sergeant with a detail of four men came into view.
26. Sergeant Horne sprinted to the car.
27. It was claimed she cavorted with a police sergeant in a Jacuzzi but she denies this.
28. Ken passed the books to Sergeant Parrott.
29. In Commonwealth countries, the various degrees of sergeant major are appointments held by warrant officers.
30. The sergeant chewed out the recruits as soon as they arrived.
31. His elder brother is a sergeant.
32. Ken passed the books to Sergeant Wong.
33. His father is a staff sergeant in the army.
34. At ease, Sergeant. This is completely informal.
35. The sergeant barked an order to his squad.
36. An inspector with three broad tribal marks across both sides of his face jumped out, and the sergeant saluted him smartly.
37. The sergeant threw the frayed sheaf of football-pool coupons aside and snatched the radio. He saluted smartly, his huge belly juggling like a water gourd.
38. The sergeant assigned him to KP.
39. The sergeant faces a lesser charge of wilful neglect of duty.
40. My recruiting sergeant weighed me up when I first walked into his office.
41. The Captain pulled rank and made his sergeant row the entire way.
42. His hands were clasped behind him like a drill sergeant.
43. He has been promoted to sergeant.
44. The bullet lodged in the sergeant's leg, shattering his thigh bone.
45. The sergeant snapped out an order.
46. A police sergeant is below an inspector.
47. The sergeant ordered his men to fall in.
48. The sergeant clicked his heels and walked out.
49. The sergeant of police took off his helmet and wiped his forehead.
