How to Use patrolman in a Sentence

patrolman

noun
  • Chief among those is adding five new patrolmen a year for five years.
    — Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2025
  • Hendry at one time patrolled the streets as a patrolman.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Highway patrolmen are told not to fill their petrol tanks to save money.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 8 Feb. 2018
  • As if highway patrolmen weren’t scary enough.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
  • When a patrolman approached, Clark jumped out of the car and made a run for it.
    — oregonlive, 10 Jan. 2022
  • She's got a soft spot and wandering eye for the patrolman, so she's agreed to bring him a gift.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Leavelle and a patrolman arrested the man and took the suspect to the city jail.
    — Joe Simnacher and Marc Ramirez, SFChronicle.com, 30 Aug. 2019
  • Salam is stopped by border patrolman Assi, whose wife is a fan of the show.
    — Susan Dunne, courant.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The second patrolman pulled out his own gun, chased the attacker and shot him.
    — Michael Schwartz, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
  • One patrolman said the officer who died had held the door for him just two days ago, during a shift change.
    — Madeline King, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The coach’s brother, living just two blocks away, heard those six gunshots fired by a white patrolman.
    — SI.com, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The four were in a truck when a patrolman pulled them over for an unreadable temporary tag.
    — Robert Garrison, The Denver Post, 7 July 2019
  • The pastor came to the scene and spoke with the patrolman and the officers who arrived at the scene.
    — Marissa Evans, Star Tribune, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Most portrayed the 6-foot-1-inch patrolman with the lineman build as swift with his blows.
    — Dallas Morning News, 6 July 2023
  • So Ed and one of his patrolmen picked John up and put him in the car, and helped the daughter in.
    — E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
  • Of course no border patrolmen would go on the record about anything anymore, not even the weather.
    — Colin Barrett, Harper's magazine, 5 July 2019
  • Obviously, the patrolman was doing his lock checks of the stores down the street.
    — Contributed Content, Twin Cities, 21 Feb. 2024
  • And then there’s this very grim moment when one first responder tells the, the patrolman or the the uh, um, trooper.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The patrolman has not been identified.
    — Drew Pittock, USA Today, 3 June 2026
  • The patrolman took out his notebook and began scribbling a report as Batt looked on.
    — Ali Winston, Rolling Stone, 9 Jan. 2023
  • His late father was a Worcester police lieutenant, and one of his three sons is a patrolman.
    — Jennifer Levitz, WSJ, 11 Dec. 2020
  • Up the road, the highway patrolman eased out of the turnout and slowly drifted towards Daiek.
    — Gregory Thomas, SFChronicle.com, 8 Feb. 2020
  • But the squads of patrolmen on motorbikes who dominate this place are the real source of his wealth and power.
    — Written By Nicholas Casey; Photographs By Meridith Kohut, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2016
  • In the police department, Rose never rose above the rank of patrolman.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Instead, they were called patrolmen and were only allowed to arrest Blacks.
    — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Nine patrolmen who fired on the students were tried in 1969; they were acquitted of all charges.
    — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2018
  • Over the next few days, the patrolman interviewed the six boys who were at the scene of the attack, according to police records.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2021
  • His father, Michael, was the chief of police; his brother, Joseph, a patrolman.
    — George Anastasia, Philly.com, 7 Aug. 2017
  • In fact, the movie featured a fictional account of a patrolman at Fort Apache.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The patrolmen rip the screaming child from her mother’s arms as the woman screams and fights their grasps before being beaten over the head with a rod.
    — Sarah Bichsel, baltimoresun.com, 27 Apr. 2017

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