captainship

Example Sentences

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"When the captainship was transferred from Rigobert Song to Eto'o there were cliques in the squad - those supporting Eto'o' and those supporting Song," he explained.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2012

All this was of a piece with a captainship that provided England with much-needed stability.

From The Guardian • Aug. 29, 2012

Orton had retained his captainship after his demotion and continued calling heads or tails during the pregame coin tosses.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 24, 2011

The Ploy's the Thing Sir: Your Dec. 17 account of the non-playing captainship of Mr. Frank Shields during the recent lawn tennis matches in Australia gave me much pleasure.

From Time Magazine Archive

Therefore so please thee to return with us, And of our Athens—thine and ours—to take The captainship, thou shalt be met with thanks, Allow'd with absolute power, and thy good name Live with authority.

From Timon of Athens by Shakespeare, William