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

It didn’t help when the patrolman asked for our identification and saw we were from California.

From New York Times • May 13, 2022

Her father was a highway patrolman, part of a long line of law enforcement in a family that’s instilled in Anderson a reverence for law enforcement.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2022

He subsequently worked as a patrolman on day and night shifts, the department said.

From Fox News • Mar. 28, 2022

The crowd was turning into something of a mob, and there was no traffic patrolman in sight.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole