constable

Example Sentences

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Sometimes a junior constable walked into the frame and saluted her.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Moloney KC said: "So to be clear are you, as the former chief constable of Nottinghamshire Police, saying to the chair that it would have made no difference?"

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

Prosecutors say Peter Wai, a British border force officer and police constable, and Matthew Trickett, a British immigration officer, carried out the surveillance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

Garbutt has played police constable Ryan Power in Hope Street, which has spanned five seasons and is filmed in Donaghadee, County Down.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2026

The other constable, the one who had saluted, was hurrying over.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan