Sentence examples for colonel for from inspiring English sources

One of his early doctoral students gave him his nickname, Colonel, for his Kentucky roots.

A lieutenant colonel, for example, ranks below a colonel and above a major.

The fourth was Sergei Skripal, a former colonel for Russian military intelligence, the GRU.

The city — named by a Revolutionary War colonel for his hometown, Richmond, Va.

(In one recent, outrageous case, a general had set aside the conviction of an Air Force colonel for aggravated assault).

Oliver received a brevet as colonel of volunteers, which entitled him to be addressed as "Colonel" for the rest of his days.

In the cast: Louis Calhern for the Colonel; Annabella for Marianne; and for Jacobowsky, the Viennese comedian Oscar Karlweis.

The international court in June issued arrest warrants against both men, as well as one for Colonel Qaddafi, for narrowly based charges of crimes against humanity.

Greeks despised the colonels for the bloodshed, and the following year the junta fell.

By advancing money to his colonels for enlisting their regiments, Wallenstein bound the officers to his person.

A month later, orders recorded the cashiering of the two colonels, for "conduct unbecoming officers and gentlemen".