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Example sentences for "officers and"

  • There was also an inefficient and overbearing rural police called the "Guardia Republicana," supposed to consist of seven companies of about 800 officers and men, but here too things were not what they seemed.

  • There was not a single regiment that was not ruined, officers and men, for several years.

  • His shyness and reserve prevented him also from knowing as much as he ought to have known about the opinions of officers and men, and getting direct information from them.

  • Officers and crew of the Sirius leave Norfolk Island, and arrive at Port Jackson.

  • A redoubt is constructed here, in which are very good barracks for officers and soldiers: there is likewise a store-house.

  • The question now was between a forced dissolution of the Wallingford-House council of officers and a dissolution of the Parliament itself.

  • Next day it was known through all London that the question was between a dissolution of this Council of officers and a dissolution of the Parliament itself.

  • My effective force in the battle of Stone River was 4,154 officers and men.

  • And this immense mass of steel was swinging about, eluding the efforts of the ship's officers and crew to capture it.

  • General Waller, having assured himself that everything was as right as possible, had given the last word to the private and was now making his way toward the bomb-proof, within which were gathered his fellow-officers and friends.

  • On an improvised platform, not too near the giant cannon, had gathered the ordnance board, the specially invited guests, a number of officers and workers in the canal zone, and one or two representatives of foreign governments.

  • The length of the tour of duty will depend upon the number of officers and non-commissioned officers on duty.

  • Officers and non-commissioned officers in charge of guns will remain in close proximity to the guns.

  • All loud talking must be checked at night by officers and non-commissioned officers.

  • Officers and soldiers of the Marine Corps when detached for service with the army, by order of the President.

  • Your captain calls the officers and non-commissioned officers to the head of the company and gives the following verbal order: A Blue force, estimated at one battalion with machine guns, is marching north from Granite Hill Sta.

  • The Rebels also refused to make any concessions in regard to the treatment of officers and men of colored regiments.

  • Privateers to be placed upon the footing of officers and men of the navy.

  • I am sure that I speak the sentiments of officers and men in the assemblage when I say that between you and the other cavalry regiments there exists a tie which we trust will never be broken.

  • Many younger sons after a short term of service in the army, usually as officers and not as Einjähriger leave the army and enter diplomacy or some other branch of the government service.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "officers and" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    after considerable; after exchanging; annual meeting; deuce take; dollar figure; make firm; not unlike; observe the; officers and; officers killed; officers were; only what; operative store; plant lice; shall lose; shall shew; shorten sail; skim well; slightly wounded; started for; statement made; transferred from; transitive verb; universal military