How to Use czar in a Sentence

czar

noun
  • The long reign of a czar ends, and is followed by turmoil, a war of all against all.
    — Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2018
  • That was Trump border czar Tom Homan.
    — ABC News, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Lu was abruptly dismissed from his job as cyber czar last June.
    — Clay Chandler, Fortune, 17 Feb. 2018
  • The three brothers became officers and went to the front to fight for the czar.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Biden, at a Texas rally, said that O’Rourke will be his gun czar.
    — Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner, 3 Mar. 2020
  • In his portrait, the corporate czar sits in a chair with one hand splayed and the other clenched.
    — Alice George, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2020
  • His title only hints at his status as the chip czar at Apple.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 22 Oct. 2021
  • There needs to be someone (a czar) who is saying, this is good idea, or this is a really bad idea.
    — Jeff Forward, Houston Chronicle, 11 Sep. 2020
  • The remarks sparked a firestorm and the ire of AI czar David Sacks.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Even streetwear czars like Off-White have branched out from sneakers into easy boots and boat shoes.
    — Faran Krentcil, WSJ, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Talks picked up this week as border czar Tom Homan met with lawmakers.
    — Nicholas Kerr, ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The mayor added that city leaders would stay in discussion with the border czar.
    — Mike Catalini, Twin Cities, 27 Jan. 2026
  • And then the czar stuff, is that at every point Putin has tried to legitimize himself.
    — CBS News, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Everyone from the czar’s wife to the lowliest serf might turn to magic at some juncture in their lives.
    — Valerie Kivelson, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 June 2022
  • Her mother had three brothers once, White officers in the last czar’s army.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Trump has moved to change course by dispatching his border czar, Tom Homan.
    — Rachel Scott, ABC News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Border czar Tom Homan is expected to now lead the effort in the state.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • New York City has appointed a rat czar to tackle the city's rat problem.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2023
  • The White House's border czar Tom Homan weighed in on that aspect.
    — Nbc News, NBC news, 29 June 2025
  • Past goes the parade, with the unclad czar atop the float, and, though the vast majority can see the ruse, few say a word.
    — Charles C. W. Cooke, National Review, 27 June 2023
  • Who got the short end of the stick, and who will be thanking the scheduling czar’s come March and April?
    — Michael Shapiro, SI.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Walker, who has a son of his own, is Ghetto Gastro’s flavor czar.
    — Jason Parham, WIRED, 29 May 2018
  • And there's been enough drugs on her watch as border czar, fentanyl, to come in through the border to kill everybody in the world.
    — CBS News, 28 July 2024
  • Two years before, Jacob’s brother Misha had escaped the wrath of the czar.
    — Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • One of his colleagues, Lou Semione, had just been made the district’s energy czar.
    — Brian Klaas, Harper’s Magazine , 4 Nov. 2021
  • Pacquiao’s workout czar Justin Fortune pointed at the scene and laughed.
    — Greg Bishop, SI.com, 21 July 2019
  • It was first referred to as a pogrom, the name used for attacks on Russian Jews during the time of the czars.
    — Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2023
  • Putin is nostalgic not just for the Cold War, but the Russian empire of the czars.
    — Richard Stengel, Time, 16 Aug. 2025
  • The White Army was nearing their location, desperate to free the czar.
    — Nancy Bilyeau, Town & Country, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Real quick Canada's fentanyl czar warns more lethal synthetic opioids are on the way.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 May 2026

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