policeman

Example Sentences

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The gentle Douglas Gilmour—legal guardian of Patience and a colleague of her late policeman father—is reprised by the very welcome Adrian Rawlins.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

What Lily couldn’t have foreseen, of course, was that her amateur detective skills would become necessary when, one day, George is found dead, and the investigation by a bumbling local policeman isn’t up to snuff.

From Salon • May 25, 2026

After the meeting, he said he was so shaken that a passing policeman asked if he was OK.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

"Your eye is drawn along the two rows of people and it's then you see the policeman holding the little girl."

From BBC • May 10, 2026

Another policeman, also Polish and also all smiles, steps into view.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron