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 paper also reported strong speculation that German Defense Minister Rudolf Scharping will be the next secretary-general of NATO, succeeding Spaniard Javier Solana, who is expected to be appointed this week as the first foreign policy supremo of the European Union.

  • They wanted a secretary-general from Francophone Africa.)

  • 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).

  • The conservatives strafe the deal, because the U.N. secretary-general did the legwork.

  • A review of Boutros Boutros-Ghali's new memoir berates the former U.N. secretary-general for his arrogance and condescension.


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