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
  • Sean Rios, who was killed in a shootout while the sergeant was on his way to work.
    — Chron, 16 Nov. 2022
  • 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 unit’s sergeant put her staffing crisis in stark terms.
    — James Freeman, WSJ, 3 June 2022
  • 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
  • The sergeants' union and police chief at the time said they had been overcharged.
    — Violet Ikonomova, Detroit Free Press, 9 July 2024
  • 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
  • That is when Finnerty, the sergeant in charge that night, got involved.
    — Andrew Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Calles hopped in a van and the sergeant followed, calling for backup.
    — Austindedios, oregonlive, 27 July 2023
  • Police spokesman Diego Pesqueira said a police sergeant died in the crash.
    — Zach Lachance, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 2 Sep. 2024
  • He was shot while charging a police sergeant with a knife.
    — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Jan. 2023
  • The Oakland native spent nine years in the Army, leaving the service as a sergeant.
    — Rodney Ho, ajc, 13 July 2022
  • 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
  • The patrol sergeant stopped the vehicle, but the driver fled the traffic stop in their car.
    — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2022
  • 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
  • The sergeant took photos of the zip tie binding her wrists and the broken one still attached to her ankle.
    — Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone, 17 Dec. 2022
  • After stints in the stations that patrol downtown and southwest L.A., she was promoted to sergeant in 2006 and went to work in the Harbor area.
    — Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2024
  • A little more than a week after a U.S. Army sergeant was found dead in a dumpster at her Missouri base, authorities have charged a fellow soldier with murder in connection with the case.
    — Nicole Acosta, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024

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