Not good in any business to sack the CEO but keep him on the board with one of his former underlings as boss. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
Once Patty realized that Ellen had regrets, Patty knew that her underling was a loose cannon. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The Andy Gray video that came out yesterday is clearcut bullying and harassment of an underling, which is a sackable offence. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
37D: Looie's underling (sarge) - "underling" is one of the ugliest words in the English language. From Wordnik.com. [Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle] Reference
Or at least a neurotic underling like Fredo Corleone. From Wordnik.com. [Friday List: Movie genres that 'Scott Pilgrim' actor Jason Schwartzman should consider] Reference
It was not long, however, that he remained an underling. From Wordnik.com. [Folk-Lore and Legends; Scandinavian] Reference
I think we are prepared to understand the underling bill. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 15, 2009] Reference
(Whom he's still treating like an underling, incidentally). From Wordnik.com. [Mad Men: season four, episode one] Reference
There were no underling mounts about this mountain-in-chief. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 62, December, 1862] Reference
Iceland, thou shalt be my high king, and I will be thy underling. From Wordnik.com. [Roman de Brut. English] Reference
Toward her sallied the flippant young underling, with the greeting. From Wordnik.com. [Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death] Reference
YOUNG: Yes, the category has been called the revenge of the underling. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2002] Reference
Surprisingly, the underling I reached was uncharacteristically engaging. From Wordnik.com. [Wajahat Ali: Fighting Wells Fargo and Foreclosure] Reference
An underling who got caught up in a lie according to the prosecution. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2004] Reference
A female underling took the call and asked the monotonous, routine questions. From Wordnik.com. [Wajahat Ali: Fighting Wells Fargo and Foreclosure] Reference
To his superiors he was a frowning, yet daring and even presumptuous underling. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
But I list not to defend poesy, with the help of her underling, historiography. From Wordnik.com. [English literary criticism] Reference
In interviews, Eisner said his ex-underling wasn't Disney presidential material. From Wordnik.com. [Ted, You Ignorant Slut!] Reference
"Your name, slave?" requested the court officer, a minor underling named Baschal. From Wordnik.com. [Si'Wren of the Patriarchs] Reference
"I thought I told you to back the f--- off Beansie," Tony tells the overzealous underling. From Wordnik.com. ['The Sopranos:' Making A Mob Hit] Reference
"It was penned by an underling at the Wells, a person more accustomed to riding than writing.". From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 393, October 10, 1829] Reference
I am a po 'white, an underling by breedin' an 'birth, an' if my people build, they must build up. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
HAMMER: Tony Soprano pretty much said the same thing last night to an underling looking to retire. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2006] Reference
HAMMER: It ` s a lesson that Tony Soprano ` s unfortunate underling ended up learning the hard way. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 13, 2006] Reference
Hundreds of thousands of slave laborers, rounded up by his underling Fritz Sauckel, worked Speer's factories. From Wordnik.com. [Inside A Third Reich Insider] Reference
Wagoner also took firm control of GM's analysis of the deal, not delegating it to an underling or an outsider. From Wordnik.com. [Battle in the Boardroom] Reference
Nofal, the Palestinian adviser, says Arafat can cry at will and then yell at an underling, all within seconds. From Wordnik.com. [Arafat's Endgame] Reference
Fastow's former underling, Michael Kopper, says in his recent guilty plea that he kicked back money to Fastow. From Wordnik.com. [Today's Lesson: Risk And Greed] Reference
I called them first thing, and, like a biblical prophet, unleashed a righteous fury at the underpaid underling. From Wordnik.com. [Wajahat Ali: Fighting Wells Fargo and Foreclosure] Reference
I know your duke -- a man of lineage -- a string of titles long as my arm -- an underling of the emperor, while. From Wordnik.com. [Under the Rose] Reference
Instead, he has been sniping at his underling in meetings and complaining to friends about Ovitz's abrasive style. From Wordnik.com. [Clash Of The Titans?] Reference
She prided herself on her busy-ness; she said to every visiting underling, “Be brief — I am a very busy woman.”. From Wordnik.com. [Peer Review] Reference
SANCHEZ: But just to be clear, so we don't think it's like some underling somewhere in some office made this decision. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2009] Reference
He ate simple meals, and once told an underling that even if there were worms in his food, it was a shame to throw it away. From Wordnik.com. [The Demise of the Don] Reference
Where his underling Buddy (Lucas Black) is painfully honest and uninteresting, Frank is inherently larcenous, and a laugh a minute. From Wordnik.com. ['Get Low' Rides High on Great Acting] Reference
Essentially, some underling had merely inputted the income and expense numbers into the computer, pressed enter, and waited for the result. From Wordnik.com. [Wajahat Ali: Fighting Wells Fargo and Foreclosure] Reference
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