patrolman

Example Sentences

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Asked how he’d like to be remembered, Wambaugh summed it up with the no-nonsense crispness of a patrolman handing out a speeding ticket.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

A woman nervously peers into her rearview mirror as a patrolman activates his car’s lights and sirens.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2024

Philip, then a New York City patrolman, kept close watch over his boys as they grew.

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2022

Although he told the patrolman that he spoke English, he didn’t speak it well; a Swahili interpreter had been requested for him in court hearings.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2022

The patrolman hoped that Mr. Eberhardt’s son wasn’t involved in the continuing mischief at the pancake- house construction site.

From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen