How To Use Brevet In A Sentence
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He was brevetted as such in the 55th, " Lawford told Forrest, -and it will distinguish him from Bullen.
Sharpe's Escape
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To get back to the surrender of 1 GORDONS - I can't go and dig out the story at the moment but it somehow involved the question of 'brevet' rank at the time and a trial for slander (?) after the war.
Army Rumour Service
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When promoted to brevet major general, he was the youngest American to ever hold that rank.
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Receipt of ‘wings’ or the pilot's brevet, is a significant event in a pilot's career.
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In the course of the war, he had been brevetted up to brigadier-general.
CHASING the WHITE DOG
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Anna Sten does not possess the thematic elements which, though skilfully concealed, can be traced in many of Mirjam Tuominen's stories, for example 'Irina' and 'Brevet' (The Letter) in the first collection, and later on 'Flickan som blev en växt' (The Girl who Turned Into a Plant), 'Chérie Klosters dagbok' (Chérie Kloster's Diary), or 'Resan' (The Journey).
Archive 2010-05-01
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I predict a randonneuring parody by 2020, which should give him plenty of time to compile a bunch of words that rhyme with "brevet" and plan a "collabo" with Velo Orange.
Parroting: Continual Conversations with the Road
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It might have lasted for ever if the Major had not been made what is called a brevet-colonel during the shuffling of troops that went on just before the South African War.
The Good Soldier
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But now randonneurds on the longest of brevets may have shifter failure!
Downgrade to Win: Increasing Results by Lowering Expectations
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About the same time, David F. Hounshell published a remarkable study of the events that Piore and Sabel, somewhat casually, brevetted first industrial divide.
Economic Principals
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Fulham appeal for a penalty when Brevett takes a tumble in the area.
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I shall never consent to the revocation of it, nor be persuaded to restore yourself to you again; for I shall esteem my properly in you more than the brevets or letters patents of Kjngs, or the donation of Constantine; and you shall be but a usu-fructuary of yourself.
Collins's peerage of England; genealogical, biographical, and historical
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'De brevete is de sole of de feet,' as you great philosophere, Dr. Johnson, do say, in dat amusing little vork of his, de Pronouncing Dictionnaire; and, derefore, I vill not say ver moch to de point.
Public Speaking
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Brevet Captain E.R. P. Shurley (whom the writer knew as post-adjutant in Camp Douglas, Illinois, and who was wounded in the war) was suddenly attacked on Goose Creek; he was desperately wounded, and his command was surrounded and "corraled" for some time, until troops came to his relief and saved the "outfit.
Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870
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P. pair trawl chalut-boeuf arrastre de pareja panel (of net) face (de filet) pao patent link pelagic trawl, see midwater trawl maillon brevet eslabn de patente pennant rapporteur amante plaited trass trenzado
Chapter 5
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He fought for, and befriended, Grant, and was a brevetted brigadier general by the close of the war.
CHASING the WHITE DOG
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Count ([Greek: komês]; comes; companion), but having not yet laid aside his belt of office, nor received the honour of admission to the palace, or what they call brevet-rank (_codicilli vacantes_), which honour at the end of his term of service is given to him, and to none of the other chiefs of departments [126].
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator
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In order to advance to lycée or high school, students are required to take a week-long exam called the brevet at the end of Grade 9.
Planet Nomad
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Jane and I see that she goes to everything, and we've scared her up a kind of brevet beau -- an old rooster named Brownwell -- Adrian Pericles Brownwell, who has blown in here and bought the _Banner_ from Ezra Lane.
A Certain Rich Man
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He finally got it at the battle of Cold Harbor in June 1864, when he was brevetted to lieutenant colonel and given charge of the Second Connecticut Volunteer Artillery.
EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON
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Moreover, brevets would expire at the end of the current emergency and so were not a gateway to the regular commission on which Washington had his heart set.
George Washington’s First War
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With abilities unquestioned and opportunities second to none, it was nevertheless observed of him at the close of the four years 'struggle that there, at least, was a man who hadn't even mustering or recruiting service to fall back upon when "brevets" went scattering broadcast over the army, showering like the rain upon the just and the unjust.
Under Fire
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Promoted second lieutenant for his bravery in the Battle of Antietam (1862), he was discharged a brevet major in 1865.
Five People Born on January 29 | myFiveBest
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The newly breveted Captain shook his head, the area was so peaceful.
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He had served on the staff of General Winfield Scott during the Mexican War, earning three brevets or temporary promotions for gallantry and distinguished conduct.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause
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He was often breveted for gallantry, and became quartermaster general of the U.S. Army.
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One handful of twilight was left, but Brevet General Thurman Dynamics fit skeet shooting into his day.
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We would have expected a bit more clearance for chubbier, sportive-friendly tyres 25s or maybe even 28s and single mudguard eyelets also wouldn't hurt – performance is never compromised with slightly larger tyres, and the likelihood of a 566 Origin owner doing a wet brevet/grand fondo/sportive is high.
Archive 2009-07-01
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This notch on a stick was the Indian mode of gazetting a warrior; and a certain number of these notches was pretty certain to procure for him a sort of savage brevet, which answered his purpose quite as well as the modern mode of brevetting at Washington answers our purpose.
Oak Openings
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It was rumored that she was brevetted a colonel, but there is no evidence of this.
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A musical test was instituted at the examination for the Brevet superieur [252] which made the study of solfeggio a more serious matter in the Ecoles Normales.
Musicians of To-Day
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The ex - convict Brevet wore the black and gray waistcoat of the central prisons.
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One of the topics, Beyond the Century, mentioned race across america and brevets.
BSNYC Fidray Fun Quiz!
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Lorimer; she was not more than seventeen when the poet made her acquaintance, and though she had got a sort of brevet-right from an officer of the army, to use his southron name of Whelpdale, she loved best to be addressed by her maiden designation, while the poet chose to veil her in the numerous lyrics, to which she gave life, under the names of "Chloris," "The lass of Craigie-burnwood," and "The lassie wi 'the lintwhite locks.
The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham
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He had been made into a Lieutenant, and that was something of a miracle for a man who had joined the army as an illiterate Private, and he had been brevetted a Captain, which meant he was paid as such even though his true rank remained Lieutenant, but he could only get the real promotion if he either purchased a vacant Captaincy or, much less likely, was promoted by Lawford.
Sharpe's Escape
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The usher , accompanied by a gendarme ready to lend him armed assistance , introduced the convict Brevet.
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He had been promoted to captain, and later he was brevetted major for ‘gallant and meritorious service’.
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Down to Santiago, where a telegram waited him from the Emperor of Brazil announcing his election to the Acadèmie des Sciences de l'Institut de France, a great honor about which Agassiz remarks: The distinction unhappily is usually a brevet of infirmity, or at least of old age, and in my case it is to a falling house that the diploma is addressed.
Runner of the Mountain Tops: The Life of Louis Agassiz
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For the duration of this duty you are brevetted to the rank of sublieutenant.
Between Planets
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Sinon j'commencais a songer a m'installer une lunette de chiotte rembouré avec un oreillé au niveau du reservoir d'eau et une couverture ... le "Water Closed Bed"! j'v deposer un brevet tiens!
Pinku-tk Diary Entry
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The truth is that Pickett was cited for gallantry and was breveted twice in fighting in Mexico.
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Meritorious service in three battles won him promotions to brevet major.
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Lorimer; she was not more than seventeen when the poet made her acquaintance, and though she had got a sort of brevet-right from an officer of the army, to use his southron name of Whelpdale, she loved best to be addressed by her maiden designation, while the poet chose to veil her in the numerous lyrics, to which she gave life, under the names of "Chloris," "The lass of Craigie-burnwood," and "The lassie wi 'the lintwhite locks.
The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham
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Promoted to the brevet rank of brigadier general, his division was prominent in the last stages of the war.
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The Indians sometimes confer "brevets" on distinguished individuals as marks of favor, though they do not, or have not as yet, scattered them in like profusion, as in the army, so that the whole thing has become a farce.
Three Years on the Plains Observations of Indians, 1867-1870
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The thirty-seven-year-old Jackson had been graduated from West Point in 1846, and served in the Mexican War, earning brevets of captain and major.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause
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He rose from second lieutenant to brevet major general in only four years.
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There is no record that he received a brevet of any grade.
