How to Use councilman in a Sentence

councilman

noun
  • But the city councilman isn't quite ready to go all in just yet.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 12 Feb. 2020
  • Two city councilmen did not vote.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 18 Nov. 2025
  • No one cares what’s in your heart or deep inside your bones, councilman.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The councilman also promised to vote for the project, court records show.
    — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 17 Dec. 2020
  • The councilmen shook their arms in relief.
    — Ben McGrath, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • One councilman balked at the idea of a new short-term violence plan.
    — Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2022
  • But experts say the councilman shouldn’t be counted out in the runoff.
    — J.d. Capelouto, ajc, 6 Nov. 2021
  • Bokhari is the wife of the former councilman for her district.
    — Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Metz was a councilman for the town of Mountain View.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 1 June 2026
  • The councilman voiced an opinion that the city citation list has gone up.
    — Scott Turner | , al, 15 May 2023
  • But Reedy follows him and the councilman appears to push him back.
    — oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Just last week, a judge found a city councilman not guilty of assault for punching the mayor.
    — Joseph D. Bryant | [email protected], al, 6 June 2023
  • But before the council passed the plan, two councilmen tried to derail it.
    — Josh Baugh, San Antonio Express-News, 10 May 2018
  • Corcoran has been a councilman in the city for the past 11 years.
    — cleveland.com, 6 Sep. 2019
  • Krista Bokhari is the former councilman’s wife.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2025
  • The soon-to-be seven-term councilman is no stranger to working from the bottom.
    — Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
  • That didn’t stop the three North Side councilmen from leaving the dais for the vote.
    — Molly Smith, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But a county councilman questioned whether Khan was telling the truth.
    — Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • The Tacoma councilman looked at me.
    — Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Brickner is in his sixth year as a county councilman.
    — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • The councilman said there needs to be more work done to dig into whether overtime was necessary or not.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The two sides have also had some summit meetings, and the local city councilman has toured the street.
    — Claudia Vargas, Philly.com, 6 July 2018
  • The councilman said that properties near one of these clubs are paying more than half of what these social clubs pay.
    — City News Service, Daily News, 8 May 2026
  • Treviño has asked Nirenberg to put it on the agenda, the councilman said, but to no avail.
    — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 12 Jan. 2021
  • Shortly after, a Virginia city councilman was set on fire.
    — Charlotte Observer, 10 Dec. 2025
  • The councilman filed notice of his intent to appeal to the full Supreme Court this week.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 21 May 2021
  • Randall will stay on board as a city councilman, and Beth has decided to start her own dance studio in the area.
    — Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 3 Apr. 2019
  • Almost as if on cue, McCauley’s cell rings with a call from his local city councilman.
    — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2026
  • The feds then sent him away for 21 months for stealing from the public from his earlier stint as a councilman.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 June 2024
  • The death proved to be a pivotal moment for then-city councilman Ravi Bhalla.
    — Johnny Dodd, PEOPLE, 7 Nov. 2025

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