How to Use commander in chief in a Sentence

commander in chief

noun phrase
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  • Look, the -- the blame for what happened here falls squarely on the current commander in chief.
    — CBS News, 2 July 2023
  • Logan, the commander in chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, sought a way to remember the Union soldiers who died.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 23 May 2024
  • President Biden stood, hand over heart, on the cold, wet tarmac to pay his respects as the commander in chief.
    — Kenny Holston, New York Times, 27 May 2024
  • Does the military of our country deserve or want such a commander in chief?
    — Chicago Tribune, 6 June 2024
  • This is known as the presidential anthem, reserved for the presence of the commander in chief, hence the title.
    — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Biden is the oldest commander in chief in U.S. history.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Biden is the oldest commander in chief in U.S. history.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 5 July 2024
  • Can it be used to canny effect in U.S. foreign policy by the commander in chief?
    — Daniel Foster, National Review, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Is Joe Biden really in control as our commander in chief?
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 14 Jan. 2024
  • These border missions have been exercised by both red and blue commanders in chief.
    — Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Apr. 2024
  • The nation’s 45th commander in chief was escorted from Trump Tower to the courthouse by the Secret Service and may have his mug shot taken.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The nation’s 45th commander in chief will be escorted from Trump Tower to the courthouse by the Secret Service and may have his mug shot taken.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Eric Tucker, Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2023
  • While serving as the commander in chief, Trump reimbursed Cohen, and that’s where the fraud kicked in, prosecutors say.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • While serving as the commander in chief, Mr. Trump reimbursed Mr. Cohen, and that’s where the fraud kicked in, prosecutors say.
    — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The stakes were high for all—and Harry had escaped from none other than the commander in chief of the now-victorious Continental Army.
    — Francine Uenuma, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 June 2023
  • But the Biden administration has said Mr. Zelensky, as commander in chief, makes the call.
    — Thomas Gibbons-Neff, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The former commander in chief has qualified for the debates under its polling and donor criteria.
    — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 12 Aug. 2023
  • There’s a minimum age to run for president, but there isn’t a maximum, as evidenced by the past two commanders in chief.
    — Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 9 July 2024
  • Members of Congress jockeying for camera position along the center aisle as the beaming commander in chief makes his way to the rostrum.
    — George Skelton, The Mercury News, 29 June 2024
  • In offering himself as a candidate again, Mr. Biden is asking Americans to trust him with the powers of the commander in chief well into his ninth decade.
    — Peter Baker, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • But the unprecedented arrest of a former commander in chief will be anything but routine.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2023
  • The move also came as the commander in chief has sought to boost his conservation record heading into the presidential election.
    — Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024
  • Smalls helped convince the commander in chief to make an important change in military and public policy.
    — Jonathan W. White, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Never before had the Supreme Court considered whether a former commander in chief could face criminal charges as a result of conduct that occurred while in the Oval Office.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 1 July 2024
  • In the Kremlin’s telling, Putin is the irreplaceable commander in chief, the strategist and diplomat who can carry the country on his shoulders, and the purveyor of order who will lead the country to victory.
    — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Crew members were clearly delighted to have a visit from their commander in chief regardless of any slowdown in their schedule.
    — Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2023
  • The president, who is 81, had a bar to clear to alleviate concerns from some in his own party about his age and capacity to hold the demanding job as commander in chief for four more years.
    — Deirdre Walsh, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The 2024 presidential campaign is already well underway, but ballots across the country are long, and commander in chief isn't the only position in play.
    — Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 31 July 2023
  • The president is commander in chief of America’s military and the chief steward of its foreign policy.
    — William A. Galston, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Being commander in chief of Russia’s military complex—and the world’s largest reserve of nuclear weapons—comes with an advantage.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 26 June 2023

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