Example sentences for: appointing

How can you use “appointing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He blamed President Clinton "for not appointing a real warlord," and asked: "Are the peoples of the NATO states, whom the President and the Prime Minister have committed to this lacklustre war not entitled to ask for someone who can match Milosevic in single-mindedness and strength of character?"

  • Though Shultz elevated the status and visibility of counterterrorism coordination by appointing as coordinator first L. Paul Bremer and then Robert Oakley, both senior career ambassadors of high standing in the Foreign Service, the department continued to be dominated by regional bureaus for which terrorism was not a first-order concern.

  • These laws emphasize involving senior executives in information management decisions, appointing senior-level chief information officers, and using performance measures to assess the contribution of technology in achieving mission results.

  • On the attack, Paul Gigot ( NewsHour With Jim Lehrer ) and Pat Buchanan ( The McLaughlin Group ) claimed that Reno presides over a "politicized" Justice Department that had "changed" her mind on appointing a counsel (Fred Barnes, The McLaughlin Group ). Defending Reno's decision was Margaret Carlson ( Capital Gang ), who said independent counsels are "not independent" because they're appointed by a partisan panel.

  • All three majors working the weekend agree on today's lead: the decision by Janet Reno to begin the investigative process that could result in appointing an independent counsel to investigate President Clinton's 1996 election fund-raising activities.


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