Words similar to high-ranking

Example sentences for: high-ranking

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

To eat there one had to be either a fairly high-ranking official of the administration or the guest of such a person.
The NYT reports that in a telephone interview, a high-ranking official of the Taliban, the fundamentalist Moslem group controlling Afghanistan, said that if the U.S. provided hard evidence of bin Laden's involvement in the African embassy bombings, the Taliban would be willing to discuss with American officials what to do about him.
Things have gone smoothly for for Jay: He moved to Washington, D.C., and has worked as a high-ranking government official.
In 1846, during the course of an unsavory palace intrigue involving an unsolved murder, meddling by the queen, and the massacre of some 100 high-ranking court figures who had been lured to a palace courtyard, the instigator of these events became the power behind the throne.
After adopting the new eligibility rules, the government established a waiver system for exceptions granted by the president, or by the secretary or high-ranking officials of the Army.