constable

Example Sentences

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Sometimes a junior constable walked into the frame and saluted her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Soffer has since removed "special constable" from his LinkedIn page.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

It was only after Sanjoy contacted the chief constable that the families were told what had been said.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

The former chief constable announced her retirement from the force in October last year after being diagnosed with cancer, with a planned departure of this month.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

“I know. But Hannah needed me, and I needed her. She wasn’t a witch, Uncle Matthew. If you could only have known her — ” Matthew looked back at the constable.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare