policeman

Example Sentences

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The gentle Douglas Gilmour—legal guardian of Patience and a colleague of her late policeman father—is reprised by the very welcome Adrian Rawlins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

What Lily couldn’t have foreseen, of course, was that her amateur detective skills would become necessary when, one day, George is found dead, and the investigation by a bumbling local policeman isn’t up to snuff.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

After the meeting, he said he was so shaken that a passing policeman asked if he was OK.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has placed the country's top policeman on "precautionary suspension" after he was charged in court on Tuesday.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

The policeman wanted to read the letter himself, and even then he still wanted to check that the garden where Marlene was being kept was secure.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo