CHIEF in a Sentence
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267 example sentences for CHIEF, such as:
1. Education is the chief defence of nations.
2. He is due to retire as chief executive next year.
3. Smoking is one of the chief causes of lung cancer.
4. The chief clerk supervises the work of the department.
5. The chief cadre in charge should bear greater responsibility.
2. He is due to retire as chief executive next year.
3. Smoking is one of the chief causes of lung cancer.
4. The chief clerk supervises the work of the department.
5. The chief cadre in charge should bear greater responsibility.
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Meanings and Examples of CHIEF
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chief
n. the head of a tribe or clan
a. most important element
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 She meant what she said, for she could never long endure any conversation of which she was not the chief subject.
2 She did not even feel his pinch, for she could hear clearly the sweet voice that was Melanie's chief charm: "I fear I cannot agree with you about Mr. Thackeray's works."
3 As they slowly made their way through the mudholes of the town's chief street, she noted with interest all the new buildings and the new faces.
4 Conditions in Wilmington, the chief blockade port, now that Charleston's port was practically sealed by the Yankee gunboats, had reached the proportions of an open scandal.
5 The truth was, she had attended too many brides to the altar: when next seen there she meant to be the chief figure in the ceremony.
6 She had in truth felt his long absence as one of the chief bitternesses of the last months: his desertion had wounded sensibilities far below the surface of her pride.
7 She saw Mr. Marbury, a woman teacher of gymnastics in a high school, a chief clerk from the Great Northern Railway offices, a young lawyer.
8 The backs of the chief establishments in town surrounded a quadrangle neglected, dirty, and incomparably dismal.
9 The chief mate of the Pequod was Starbuck, a native of Nantucket, and a Quaker by descent.
10 First of all was Queequeg, whom Starbuck, the chief mate, had selected for his squire.
11 With one mind, their intent eyes all fastened upon the old man's knife, as he carved the chief dish before him.
12 Not at all; and therein consisted his chief peculiarity.
13 It is then they change places; and the headsman, the chief officer of the little craft, takes his proper station in the bows of the boat.
14 His boat's crew were all in high excitement, eagerly helping their chief, and looking as anxious as gold-hunters.
15 She was her father's chief clerk, and virtually managed his Black Hawk office during his frequent absences.
Example Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
1 According to the Charter, the president is chief of the armed forces.
2 He was recently appointed chief economist at the Bank of Scotland.
3 He's the chief trouble - maker; the others just follow his lead.
4 She was designated by President as the chief of the White House Office.
5 Smoking is one of the chief causes of lung cancer.
6 The chief cadre in charge should bear greater responsibility.
7 The chief manager has always reposed complete faith in his secretary.
8 The chief editorial writer also blames weak leadership for the current crisis.
9 The chief clerk supervises the work of the department.
10 Education is the chief defence of nations.
11 The President of the US is the chief executive of the country.
12 He is due to retire as chief executive next year.
13 Even as a young woman she had been perceived as a future chief executive.
14 He announced his retirement as chief executive of the company.
15 He will report to Greg Carr, Boston Technology's chief executive.