How to Use field marshal in a Sentence

field marshal

noun
  • Because the field marshal is doing a great job.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC news, 14 Apr. 2026
  • DeWitt is a field marshal in the local war against poverty, disease and hunger.
    — CBS News, 21 Feb. 2021
  • On at least one front of the cultural wars, Kennedy served as a field marshal for the liberal side.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 27 June 2018
  • Sparky, the face of the organization, its field marshal, is not going anywhere.
    — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • But from Pakistan in particular, the field marshal and the prime minister.
    — NBC news, 7 June 2026
  • In Chester County, Friel Otten has become a field marshal of this movement.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The field marshal in April declared the deal dead, looking to set himself up as the sole power in the east by sidelining the legislature.
    — Abdel Latif Wahba, Bloomberg.com, 23 June 2020
  • Mulan was so passable that her field marshal (Zhao Yiting) tried to play matchmaker between her and his daughter.
    — Martin Tsai, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Prince Philip was by his wife’s side for her Scottish coronation celebration and wore a field marshal's uniform.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
  • If the police officers are the angels, then Cadena is their field marshal, directing them where to go or what to do to help a person in crisis.
    — Mary Jo Pitzl, Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2019
  • The Bears’ field marshal grabbed it, wheeling to his right, finding a bit of open turf and striding into Stanford territory.
    — James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 19 Nov. 2021
  • The Irishman Francis Taaffe, for instance, became a field marshal and was sent on diplomatic missions.
    — David Pryce-Jones, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Months before, he was promoted to field marshal, only the second military officer in the country’s history to hold the title.
    — ABC News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • In reality, the last thing Americans need today is more war, whether actual or imagined—or a president who fancies himself a field marshal.
    — Andrew J. Bacevich, The New Republic, 9 June 2020
  • The field marshal will need to convince at least some of the 70 percent of Libya’s population who live in western regions generally hostile to him.
    — Ghaith Shennib, Bloomberg.com, 2 Oct. 2017
  • In San Francisco, Bullimore ran the house with his customary dry wit, exacting standards, and field marshal manner.
    — James Reginato, Town & Country, 5 July 2022
  • The Prussian field marshal Helmuth von Moltke famously said that no battle plan survives beyond its first contact with the enemy.
    — Nicholas Mulder, Foreign Affairs, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Prince Philip was by his wife’s side for her Scottish coronation celebration in 1953 and sported a field marshal's uniform.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 5 July 2023
  • Days later, Munir – recently promoted to field marshal over his helming of the crisis – traveled to Washington.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • No battle plan survives contact with the enemy, said Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, the 19th-century German field marshal.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 15 Sep. 2017
  • After the crisis, Munir was promoted to field marshal, and he was then elevated to the new office of the Chief of Defense Forces, which basically gives him control over the entire military.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • King Vajiralongkorn, who attended an Australian military academy, served in the army and holds the ranks of field marshal, admiral and air marshal, is obsessed with military titles, training and hierarchy.
    — The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019
  • The field marshal In the thick of warming ties, analysts say, is Field Marshal Asim Munir, the chief of Pakistan’s powerful military, which has long played an outsize role in the country’s often tumultuous politics.
    — Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The Homan approach to mass deportation is not as loud and flashy as the one employed by Noem; her chief adviser, Corey Lewandowski; and their roving field marshal, the Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino.
    — Nick Miroff, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2026

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