Example Sentences

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New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge is captaining Team USA, which boasts a pitching staff that features reigning Cy Young winners Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

I have called him "skipper" ever since and here he is captaining England.

From BBC • Sep. 1, 2024

Vessel owner Brannon Finney is captaining the tender for the Sitka, Alaska, sac roe herring fishery with her all-female crew - something that’s rare for the fast and frenzied commercial fishery.

From Washington Times • Apr. 1, 2017

Jacques Rudolph reckons North Marine Road is his favourite ground in the world, so it seems appropriate the South African is captaining Yorkshire against Sussex today, reports Richard Rae in sunny Scarborough.

From The Guardian • Aug. 17, 2011

According to Jamie Carragher, who is captaining Liverpool in the far east, Downing's arrival could see Andy Carroll, in particular, receive the kind of service he was deprived of in his first half-season on Merseyside.

From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2011