Example sentences for: secretary-general

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

  • The pink bellies, the short-sheeting, the midnight deliveries of two dozen pizzas he didn't even order--had any of these actually been mentioned in Boutros-Ghali's book they too would have been part of Clinton's plan to deny him a second term as secretary-general during Clinton's own 1996 campaign, out of fear for Bob Dole, who was accusing the administration of cooperation with international bodies.

  • The office of U.N. secretary-general is traditionally a refuge for knaves, lickspittles, and villains (in Kurt Waldheim's case, all three at once).

  • Another big subject in the European press Thursday was the appointment of the British Defense Secretary George Robertson as the next secretary-general of NATO.

  • Its purpose , in the words of its first secretary-general, Lord Ismay, was "to keep the Americans in, the Russians out, and the Germans down."

  • When a U.N. secretary-general can get Jesse Helms and Saddam Hussein to fall in line, he is doing something right.


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