Sentence examples for competent functionary from inspiring English sources

Even before the phrase "the genius of the system" crept into academic jargon, historians depicted Fleming as nothing more than a competent functionary for a strong studio, MGM.

Baxter replaced him as the hero, the lighthearted Mexican bandit the Cisco Kid, and Irving Cummings, a competent Fox functionary who lacked Walsh's formal gifts as a filmmaker, replaced him at the helm.

The functionary was gleeful.

He was a typical functionary ….

Very competent".

Some sort of city functionary married them.

"Barely competent".

— Are competent and honest.

I just became competent.

But some seemed competent.

He doesn't have to be a paid Party functionary.