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'chief' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'chief' with 15 example sentences.


chief adjective

: most important element

chief noun

: 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.
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