Mr. Cage plays the hoary role of the grizzled sergeant assigned to shepherd a novice through the crucible of battle.

Rod turned, looked down at a grizzled old sergeant who sat in the mud.

Only Hunt and a grizzled old sergeant were left at the forward site when the AC-130 arrived on station.

A grizzled sergeant came around the comer, our hams looped over his neck and draped down his pommel.

A grizzled sergeant stepped forward and saluted.

A grizzled old sergeant took the rear position.

"Well, even I wouldn't go that far," the grizzled sergeant mused.

"Christ," he heard a grizzled sergeant say.

A grizzled sergeant caught hold of the knight's arm.

The grizzled sergeant glared down into his beer.