How to Use generalship in a Sentence

generalship

noun
  • At war, his brilliant generalship and loyal army enabled him to overcome the odds that threatened his victories.
    — Paul Vanderbroeck, Big Think, 9 Feb. 2026
  • There’s talk that this could be EMRO’s turn to hold the director-generalship.
    — Helen Branswell, STAT, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Suggs is listed as the team’s point guard, but because of his tendency for turnovers and general lack of floor generalship, the coaches have deployed him more as a 3-and-D player.
    — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 4 May 2026
  • UConn lured him out of the transfer portal from Georgia to solidify its court generalship, so vital to the kind of offense Dan Hurley likes to run.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2026
  • While his questionable generalship would be memorialized in a long poem by Alfred Tennyson, his other legacy is giving the world the sweater named after his title.
    — Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Filmmaking is blind instinct, petty calculations, smooth generalship, daydreaming, pig-headedness, grace, bluff, risk.
    — Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Early military rule Japan set up a government in Korea with the governor-generalship filled by generals or admirals appointed by the Japanese emperor.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The military superiority of Radetzky both in the quality of his troops and in generalship was the final factor assuring the Austrian restoration of 1849.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026

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