How to Use sergeant in a Sentence

sergeant

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  • The force of the impact caused the SUV to roll on its side and catch fire, the sergeant said.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The cougar was then shot and killed, according to the sergeant.
    — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Derek, who turns 38 on Aug. 30, is a sergeant with the D.C. police.
    — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
  • The sergeant checked records and found the car had been reported stolen.
    — Thallman, oregonlive, 16 June 2023
  • Regier called for order and asked the sergeant of arms to clear the gallery.
    — Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The sergeant tried to assign Khazin to the call, court records state, but Khazin did not want to take it.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The sergeant quickly ordered the officers to leave the scene.
    — oregonlive, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Smiley told the sergeant that if the game was close, Bryant wouldn’t be coming out.
    — Anthony Gharib, USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • As Elliot gave chase, the suspect opened fire, striking the sergeant in the head.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2024
  • The sergeant arrived first but the man had bailed from his rig and run into some brush.
    — oregonlive, 7 Jan. 2023
  • Calles hopped in a van and the sergeant followed, calling for backup.
    — Austindedios, oregonlive, 27 July 2023
  • He was shot while charging a police sergeant with a knife.
    — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The sergeant allegedly joked about the use of AirTags with Labrada, the report says.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The sergeant in charge of our makeshift platoon in Chu Lai was a Korean War vet.
    — Gerald McCarthy, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 June 2023
  • At one point, the field lights cut off and the sergeant directs the officer to handcuff the director.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2023
  • As the sergeant chased after the assailant, a large rock fell from the man’s pocket, video of the incident shows.
    — Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
  • The sergeant said the group made arrangements to join up in downtown Toronto.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The men had just lost their beloved older sergeant, George Cox, who had been a kind of father figure.
    — Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 12 Nov. 2023
  • The sergeant called him multiple times over the span of 15 minutes, ordering the man to put down the firearm and remain still.
    — Perry Vandell, The Arizona Republic, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But the suspect saw it in the driver’s door of Chapman’s car, and the sergeant then found nine $100 bills there, according to the court record.
    — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Matthew Hoyle, who is white, as recruiting sergeant Dec. 17, Jackson said in the suit.
    — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Thompson said the sergeant was a 22-veteran of the department.
    — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2023
  • Tolliver was the sole occupant in the hotel room, the sergeant said.
    — City News Service, Orange County Register, 9 May 2024
  • At the side of Highway 14, a stroke of luck: Mary flagged down a passing Kern County sheriff’s sergeant.
    — Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
  • At the end, the sergeant and his team go back downstairs to gather with other officers.
    — Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 21 June 2024
  • The first responders learned that the man had lit off the firework and suffered severe head injuries, the sergeant said.
    — Sean Emery, Orange County Register, 5 July 2024
  • The sergeant removed a metal object from the man’s hand, cuffing his hands in front, police said.
    — Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 11 Apr. 2023
  • To indicate that the sergeant has been accounted for, a rosette will be added by his name on the tablet, according to the DPAA.
    — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Tuberville would have needed to be a sergeant to be a tank commander.
    — Glenn Kessler, Anchorage Daily News, 26 July 2023
  • An Overland Park police sergeant responded and saw the three women run from the store and get into a car.
    — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2024

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