Sentence examples for commissar rather from inspiring English sources
He had spent the entire war as a political commissar rather than a military commander.
I'm not saying that I want a new job, but I have found a job title I'd rather like: Commissar of Enlightenment.
The press, too, such as it exists, remains largely in the hands of party commissars, imparting ideological treatises, rather than actual news.
Step forward, People's Commissar Cruz!
"The Commissar Vanishes" juxtaposes the before and after.
His last book, The Commissar, appeared in 1985.
"Do you think the Communist commissar rewards virtue?
As might be expected, Mr. Roth -- or rather, his favorite narrator and longtime alter ego, Nathan Zuckerman -- has a fine time ranting against the "piety binge" he sees America indulging in at the close of the century, and he deftly satirizes the "ecstasy of sanctimony" practiced by campus commissars of political correctness.
Tian Xiusi was named air force political commissar, while Zhu Fuxi is the new commissar of the Chengdu Military Region, which includes much of southwestern China and Tibet, CCTV said.
In Commissar Westerheide's region, about 20,000 Jews were wiped out.
