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:

  • 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.

  • Reno said she had yet to find "specific, credible evidence" implicating a high-ranking government official (i.e.

  • Begum `high-ranking Muslim lady' derives ultimately from Eastern Turkic, while cowrie `a type of sea shell' comes from Tamil or Malayalam kavati via Hindi kauri or kaudi . Two Hindi loanwords have their origin in Europe: ayah `native maid or nurse,' the Hindi version of Portuguese aia , and pulton or pultun `infantry regiment,' adapted from paltan , the Hindi version of English battalion .

  • Perhaps the most popular point for visitors lies in the south where at the highest point — Hill of the Muses or Philopappos Hill — is the Tomb of Philopappos, a high-ranking nobleman in Roman times.

  • Last week Israel also ordered the PA to arrest one of its high-ranking police officers for planning an attack on a Jewish settlement.


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