How to Use mayor in a Sentence

mayor

noun
  • Hanceville, once again, has no mayor.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • This is also the lane that the mayor could sprint to.
    — Will Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • The race for mayor will be a bruiser.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026
  • Gumbs is the first woman to serve as mayor of the city.
    — Reed Williams, AJC.com, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The mayors of the three cities, though, say the math isn't quite adding up.
    — Andrea Nakano, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The mayor vowed to build on those efforts in her new term.
    — Gayla Cawley, Boston Herald, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The mayor cited the city's drop in crime over the last year.
    — Michelle Stoddart, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The mayor's job shouldn't be behind the desk eight hours a day.
    — Andy Sheehan, CBS News, 5 Jan. 2026
  • The Cedar Park mayor serves a two-year term.
    — Claire Osborn, Austin American Statesman, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The mayor didn’t add that line about not wanting to be a jerk that time.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • For the first time in 10 years, the city has to choose a new mayor.
    — Amanda Luberto, The Arizona Republic, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Eskridge works as both mayor of the small town and as a crabber.
    — Julie Depenbrock, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Who else is running for mayor of Louisville?
    — Killian Baarlaer, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Eric Garcetti was mayor at the start.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The mayor is stepping back and leaving that in the hands of the courts.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
  • The mayor of Gary did not attend.
    — Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Kara King is the mayor of Bee Cave.
    — Kara King, Austin American Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Rob Moore is mayor of Los Gatos.
    — Rob Moore, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The mayor asserted that there is no third way, but of course there is.
    — Eric Kober, New York Daily News, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Learn who’s running for mayor and city council in your city.
    — Idaho Statesman, 1 Sep. 2025
  • The mayor should know about due process, given his own problems.
    — Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
  • That wasn’t the mayor’s only change to the paper.
    — Nick Woltman, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The mayor should go to the Isaacs Houses and say so.
    — Howard Husock, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Carone, a lawyer, served as Adams' chief of staff during his first year as mayor.
    — Amethyst Martinez, USA Today, 24 June 2026
  • Hanceville’s new mayor was tasked with mending that alliance.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • He was elected mayor two years later.
    — Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • And then there is the mayor who oversaw Citi Bike’s launch.
    — Evan Friss, Time, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Imagine how much better the force would be with a law-and-order mayor.
    — Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Sep. 2025
  • As for the color choice of the shade sails, the mayor said he was not consulted.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 13 Feb. 2026
  • The celebration came at just the right time for the first-term mayor.
    — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2025

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