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
  • 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 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
  • 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
  • Thompson said the sergeant was a 22-veteran of the department.
    — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2023
  • 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
  • Soon, a sergeant approached, telling Ruff to get back and threatening him with arrest.
    — Robert Klemko, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Another officer tried to remove Resnick’s hand from the sergeant’s arm, the agent wrote.
    — Michael Kunzelman, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2023
  • In the meantime, two sergeants were ordered to conduct wellness checks on him in his barracks room at night.
    — Meryl Kornfield, Kyle Rempfer, Steven Rich, Anchorage Daily News, 12 June 2023
  • The company’s chief sergeant, a bearded former DJ with the call sign Legion, got behind the wheel and sped toward the front.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Fresno has funded 10 officers and a sergeant for the street racing unit.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • Attorney Wright called for Stanley's firing and said the sergeant should be charged with assault.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The second was a 2022 case in which the same sergeant fired his gun inside a freight elevator at a police building.
    — Rebecca Ellisstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2023
  • That story quoted Boudreaux, then a sergeant, talking about a killing of an 11-year-old Goshen boy who was leaving a party.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2023
  • Eight cars responded to the scene, with six officers and two sergeants, a police spokesperson said.
    — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • On her second day on the job, a sergeant shot and killed a 66-year-old woman who had schizophrenia and was holding a baseball bat in her Bronx apartment.
    — Eric Umansky, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Furthermore, in the past, the bomb squad included a sergeant who functioned as the officer in charge, but the position was vacant at the time.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2023
  • When police approached, the suspect ran out of the store and fired at least one shot at officers, striking a sergeant in the head, officials said.
    — Teri Figueroa, Los Angeles Times, 8 Dec. 2023

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