How to Use admiral in a Sentence

admiral

noun
  • Paine asked the British admiral.
    — Literary Hub, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Trump has put him up for a promotion from one-star to two-star admiral.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 26 Apr. 2018
  • Now, many of those generals and admirals will be in the same room.
    — Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
  • He will be promoted to four-star admiral as part of the new command.
    — Leada Gore | [email protected], al, 4 Nov. 2019
  • Over a cup of tea, Martin embraced the role of a rock admiral.
    — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 30 May 2024
  • Philip wore a blue Navy admiral uniform laden with ribbons and medals.
    — Ronald G. Shafer, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • Then, Kraft recalls, the admiral stood up and threw his cigar down on a table.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2017
  • Janeway, last seen as an admiral in some Trek movie or other, will act as their mentor.
    — Andrew A. Smith Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The admiral said Iran only has 10% of its drones left.
    — CBS News, 14 May 2026
  • Hegseth has fired or sidelined more than a dozen admirals or generals.
    — Steve Beynon, ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Slade, whose father was a British admiral, was then 32 years old.
    — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The admiral's tour was scheduled for April 18 - just five days away.
    — CBS News, 16 Apr. 2018
  • Such a carve-out requires sign-off from at least a one-star admiral or general, the message says.
    — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022
  • After the rabbi finished the blessing on wine, the admiral cut in.
    — Menachem Wecker, Sun Sentinel, 6 Apr. 2023
  • At a very civilized dinner aboard one of the ships, at a table with two admirals and Maj.
    — Austin Murphy, SI.com, 4 July 2017
  • Willis played the cop/admiral in the band's first iteration and reprises the role in the current group.
    — Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Spruance was our greatest on-the-water admiral.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 May 2026
  • The hotel, restyled to echo its look during the admiral’s childhood, nowadays does tell his life story.
    — Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Will his message about the South China Sea be as blunt as his admiral’s was—butt out?
    — Bill Powell, Newsweek, 21 Sep. 2015
  • Our neighbor Anna Wolkoff was the daughter of a czarist admiral.
    — New York Times, 22 June 2023
  • His uncle, renowned admiral Pliny the Elder, would perish in its wake.
    — Elizabeth Djinis, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 May 2022
  • One day, a visiting admiral ordered him to steal a sacred relic from a temple.
    — Greg Mitchell august 8, Literary Hub, 8 Aug. 2025
  • The Elder was the admiral of Rome’s navy, which, at that time, was docked at Misenum.
    — Joan Acocella, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2020
  • An admiral testified in a hearing that if a bridge got built, the Navy would look elsewhere to expand.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2019
  • Bolivar did not lose rank and retired a one-star admiral in 2021.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 May 2022
  • The admiral expected to lead the Navy is backing out and will retire instead.
    — NBC News, 8 July 2019
  • Duvall was born in San Diego but moved around because his father was a Navy admiral.
    — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 19 Feb. 2026
  • The King wore an admiral's uniform adorned with Swedish chivalry orders for the portrait.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2023
  • Across the military, there are 800 generals and admirals of all ranks.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • In the aftermath of the coup, over 40 percent of generals and admirals have been expelled from the force.
    — John Butler, Foreign Affairs, 2 Aug. 2016

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