Examples of “commissioned” in a Sentence

adj Holding an official rank or authority granted through a formal appointment.

• Only commissioned officers were allowed to enter the senior mess.
• She is a commissioned member of the navy and leads a small unit.
• He became a commissioned officer after completing training.

adj Ordered and paid for specially.

• The library hung a commissioned portrait of its first director.
• Is that mural a commissioned work or did the students paint it themselves?
• The painting was a commissioned piece for the mayor's office.
• Completion marks the end of the process where the commissioned artwork is delivered to the client. — Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris (2008)