'chief' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'chief' with 15 example sentences.
- chief adjective
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: most important element
- chief noun
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: a person who is in charge
: a person who exercises control over workers
: the head of a tribe or clan
The police chief said no arrests had been made yet.
The section chief seems to like abusing his authority.
Rice is the chief crop in this area.
He is the chief of my department.
The army chief reported that the war was lost.
What were the chief events of 1990?
The chief justice will swear in the president.
The section chief made me work like a slave.
High tariffs are the chief obstacles to free trade.
I'm the chief engineer.
Reading is his chief amusement.
She applied to the chief for a vacation.
She's my chief assistant.
Nobody can put anything over on the bureau chief.
He is acting for the chief director.