How to Use centurion in a Sentence

centurion

noun
  • The centurion-in-waiting gestured at the abundance of keepsakes and thriving plants around her.
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Another centurion pulled up his tunic and made obscene gestures at the crew.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN, 30 Nov. 2022
  • As the group snaked through the dark hallway of the church building, members encountered some artisans and a pair of centurions.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland.com, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Taskin then swung one viciously past Awais, a centurion in the first test, who pushed the delivery to short-leg when on 13.
    — ABC News, 16 May 2026
  • Among the competitors were cowboys, a Roman centurion, and a guy drinking a beer in a moving lawnchair.
    — Andy Frye, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Tremmel explained that the dagger was probably used by an infantryman or an officer known as a centurion.
    — Fox News, 1 Mar. 2020
  • Nevertheless, the England centurion was able to get a tune out of his side during their pre-season preparations.
    — SI.com, 12 Aug. 2019
  • As the scenario began, two men in Roman centurion attire stood silently in front of the burial site, butts of their spears planted solemnly in the ground.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2023
  • With the guidance of an instructor, venture into an arena to safely train and fight other new centurions—and feel the thrill of handling your own wooden sword and shield.
    — National Geographic, 12 June 2019
  • On Newcastle’s West Road, there are kebab houses and sari shops where there were once centurions and milehouses.
    — The Economist, 4 Dec. 2019
  • Instead, General Livius duels Commodus with javelins for the fate of Rome in a makeshift arena made of centurion shields.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Bassianus was presented to the centurion Publius Valerius Comazon and his troops.
    — National Geographic, 19 Mar. 2019
  • The phrase was evidently uttered by a defiant Roman centurion in the fourth century, during the sack of Rome.
    — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2020
  • From the Roman centurion to the woman at the well, Jesus frequently interacted with and helped outsiders from differing tribes.
    — John Fugelsang september 12, Literary Hub, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Roman centurion Lucius Verginius killed his daughter to protect her chastity from an abuser, Appius Claudius.
    — Julia Khrebtan-Hörhager, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2024
  • As the centurions fell to their knees, the angels approached the tomb, rolled away the stone in front, and stood aside as the few onlookers present got their first glimpse of Randall, dressed in a white robe and gold sash, beginning to stir inside.
    — Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 6 Apr. 2023
  • After just ten months, Caracalla gained the upper hand by ordering a group of centurions to kill Geta, reportedly while their mother held him in her arms, trying to protect him.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Though his origin story is murky, he is said to have been an Armenian martyred in fourth-century Turkey while serving as a Roman centurion.
    — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 19 Aug. 2017
  • Confronted with parades of martial horsemen kitted out in battle armor, or murals of Hunnic steeds grinding centurions into a fine paste under their hooves, part of me instinctively recoils.
    — Jacob Mikanowski, Harper's magazine, 21 July 2019
  • While in captivity, Sebastian becomes an object of desire for the colony’s centurion, who tortures and ultimately executes him for denying his affections.
    — Erik Morse, Vogue, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Their recent redesign incorporates some interesting elements from a Roman centurion.
    — Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The firm has also set up different companies that rent out other characters, including the Clown Collector and Roman Collection, where centurions show up.
    — Jon Sindreu, WSJ, 27 July 2017
  • This might even account for the ways in which the Gospels portray Jesus as moving freely among the diverse economic and social strata of society, whether encountering Roman centurions or being invited to dine in wealthy homes of the time.
    — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The football landscape has changed 20 years on, and 10 new signings show United wanted to change the squad, but there is evident faith in retaining the nucleus of Farke’s 2025 centurions.
    — Beren Cross, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Ghoul Kings have already been revealed in the trailer, as have many of the giant mutated bugs like radscorpions and cazadors, Macaulay Culkin is in as a Caesar’s Legion centurion, and we're bound to witness epic clashes with Maximus' imposing Brotherhood of Steel.
    — Jeff Spry, Space.com, 16 Dec. 2025

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