policeman

Example Sentences

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The retired policeman said Witherden shook his hand and congratulated him on taking aid to Ukraine, offering to see what he could do.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

While working as a military policeman there, he joined a judo club.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Though he almost immediately broke a collarbone during a practice, he stuck with the sport in the belief that it would make him a better policeman.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

"People are afraid," said Nasr al-Din, a 42-year-old policeman who, as a child, lived through the 1991 exodus -- "thrown on a donkey's back with my sister".

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

The other policeman mutters, “Let’s walk up the street.”

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron