Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Usage examples of "four-star".
XIII was a small four-star hotel set back from thePuerta de Jerez and surrounded by a thick wrought-iron fence andlilacs.
Some captains wanted no part of it, preferring to stay down on the naval bases or at shore staffs after their captain sea commands, avoiding the rarified air of the three- and four-star front offices throughout the Navy.
Then there were the rubber-chicken fund-raising dinners, and the meals at four-star restaurants, spent schmoozing and pressing flesh.
They had been feted privately by the White House and by Aron Goldstein at his estate, welcomed by Grover Wilman at Mind Over Madness, and briefed by a four-star general at the Pentagon.
I stopped at Hexham to put some four-star into the Aurelia's tank and was reminded of the calibratory nature of travelling in a covetable car: if guys in garages start to admire the car more than you, you're getting old.
Four-star admirals didn't chew the fat with newly frocked commanders unless they had nothing better to do, and Beattie had lots of things to do.
The tumbler was cool in his hand, moist, each sip reminding him of smoke bonfire at a political rally, campfire in the Rockies, hearthfire après-ski in a Swiss chalet, cigar after a four-star dinner and, across the table, a worshipful young female from the governmental programmer pool.
I kiboshed the pursuit quicksville, glomming the tongue's Vice jacket, shooting the dope to Louella Parsons--a socially connected, prominently married carpet muncher with a yen for nightclub canaries was prime meat for the four-star _Herald_.
I attracted a cult following and built up a four-star review scrapbook.
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was glaring at the electronic image of his four-star subordinate at the Pentagon.
One conveyed a surface map of the region, portraying the army base with its training, relaxation, tanning, and imprinting facilities, along with nearby four-star hotels that cater to avid fight fans.
His last OER had one three-star and two four-star raters-the four-star raters were the chief of staff of the Air Force and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, a very impressive achievement.
Since Wesley Clark entered the race, Democrats have been salivating over the prospect of a presidential candidate who is a four-star general - and has the politics of Susan Sarandon!