How to Use solicitor in a Sentence

solicitor

noun
  • Solicitors will be arrested for trespassing.
  • Proxy solicitors on both sides have set up phone banks that can charge $4 to $6 per call.
    — David Benoit, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2017
  • The solicitor agreed in exchange for the guilty pleas not to seek the death penalty.
    — Nikie Mayo, USA TODAY, 26 May 2017
  • Cohen asked the deputy city solicitor about use of force cases.
    — Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 1 July 2026
  • The buyout caused problems among the board and the solicitor.
    — Ricky Sayer, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • The proxy solicitors and legal teams for both sides will look at the ballots and study the details, one at a time.
    — Alexander Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • What was the city solicitor attempting to find, and what, if anything, was found?
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 2 May 2018
  • And right now there is a state solicitor filing appeals and motions for stays under your name.
    — Kyle Whitmire | [email protected], al, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Helmet-cam footage showed the solicitor holding a mobile phone while behind the wheel of a car.
    — Carlton Reid, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • Her baby was deceased on the bed, the solicitor’s office said.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The solicitor was advised about a permit and going door to door after dark.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland.com, 14 June 2019
  • These solicitors sometimes called less than 24 hours after the crash.
    — Jc Reindl, Detroit Free Press, 7 May 2017
  • Place this pair of bronze lions at your front door and watch with glee as pesky solicitors pass your house by and go bother your neighbor instead.
    — Will Higgins, Indianapolis Star, 11 Sep. 2017
  • In the space for a purchase order is the name Terry Nestor, deputy city solicitor.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 2 May 2018
  • Nixon reached further down in the ranks and got his solicitor general, Robert Bork, to do the deed.
    — Jeff Stein, Newsweek, 10 May 2017
  • The police chief is a Black woman, as is the municipal judge and the court solicitor.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2020
  • In the early 1970s, in the midst of an oil crisis, my father ran a solicitors' firm.
    — Rupert Lee-Browne, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • The husband went outside to intervene and the solicitor pushed the woman.
    — Washington Post, 20 June 2019
  • The mayor and the city solicitor were not available Thursday to comment on the lawsuit.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
  • Police received a complaint of the door-to-door solicitor, who was seen riding a Segway.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 28 June 2021
  • The solicitor, Boggs Muething, was the only woman in the cab.
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • The 41-year-old then decided to leave acting behind to study law and became a solicitor.
    — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • The second time was when my father, who worked as a solicitor, was invited to a garden party at the Palace.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2022
  • George Saponaro, the town’s solicitor, said all of the residents should be in their new homes before that deadline arrives.
    — Jan Hefler, Philly.com, 2 July 2018
  • The city solicitor found no wrongdoing from Mosby and said the guidelines were unclear.
    — Hallie Miller, baltimoresun.com, 19 May 2021
  • The city solicitor has been charged with working out the details and language for the new Lowell ordinance.
    — Linda Greenstein, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2018
  • Darnell Ingram, deputy solicitor for the city, told the board the settlement is in the best interest of the city.
    — Emily Opilo, baltimoresun.com, 30 June 2021
  • The police department referred questions about the case to the City solicitor.
    — CBS News, 30 June 2017
  • Unauthorized vendors or solicitors of any kind.
    — Ed Masley, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • The Cincinnati city solicitor, the city's top lawyer, declined to comment Thursday night.
    — Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 3 Feb. 2023

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