policeman

Example Sentences

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After two trips in his pickup truck, Juenke, a retired Houston policeman, waded through rushing waters to the Wiggle Inn cabin and became stranded.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

While working as a military policeman there, he joined a judo club.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The steps were already up at the plane and the aircraft door was open, so she asked the military policeman at gates: "Have we missed him? Have we missed Elvis?"

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

"People are afraid," said Nasr al-Din, a 42-year-old policeman who, as a child, lived through the 1991 exodus -- "thrown on a donkey's back with my sister".

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

The policeman acted like he hadn’t heard him.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith