Example sentences for: captain

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

  • Batouti is suspected because: 1) he uttered a prayer 14 times as the plane dived; 2) his controls were in the "nose down" position, while the captain's were in "nose up"; and 3) the captain pleaded with Batouti to help him pull the plane out of its dive.

  • The center of town has an unusual paved overlock, the Damsluis, just below the Captain’s House, dating from 1540.

  • The army eventually recognized that there was something badly wrong with Minor, and when he continued to serve as a medical examiner after the war, it became apparent that he was unfit for his responsibilities as a captain in the medical corps.

  • To the left is the stately Maestà (Madonna Enthroned; 1315) and to the right, Guidoriccio da Fogliano (1328, but whose authenticity has recently been disputed), depicting the Sienese captain’s ride to a historic victory at Montemassi — in the nicely detailed Tuscan landscape, notice the little Chianti vineyard in the military encampment.

  • ), its sometimes counterintuitive rhythms and emphases ("The captain has turned off the seat-belt sign.


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