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Example sentences for "patrolman"

Lexicographically close words:
patroling; patrolled; patroller; patrollers; patrolling; patrolmen; patrols; patron; patronage; patronal
  1. Patrolman Dermott and Patrolman Casey shot stares at each other.

  2. A moment later the patrolman loomed up outside the cubbyhole door, the woman in tow.

  3. The patrolman was staring at him in monstrous perplexity.

  4. It was the patrolman in the outer office.

  5. Sight of the ambling figure of Patrolman Chenowich passing the office door caught his eye, reminding him that two heads were often better than one.

  6. And why burden an innocent State Patrolman with the facts of FBI life?

  7. The State Patrolman looked at them, and looked back at Malone.

  8. The man he sat beside was a patrolman off duty, and to this engaging Westerner he was quite ready to impart any information he might have.

  9. Nora giggled behind her fingers, but her mistress did not even smile at the awkwardness of Patrolman McGuffey.

  10. The patrolman had changed to swimming trunks.

  11. The patrolman clicked the watertight flashlight on.

  12. She watched the patrolman wade out into the water.

  13. The tired patrolman surfaced again and came to shore.

  14. By this time Patrolman Lasky had staggered to his feet, and most opportunely at that, for the man whom Billy had dazed with the club was recovering.

  15. In the course of time, however, the sting had worn off and the young patrolman learned to smile again.

  16. I arrest yez in the name o' the law," cried Patrolman Gladwin, scowling so fiercely that one of the eyebrows was in danger.

  17. Captain Stone had rushed out into the street and posted men on the stoop and at the basement exits; then, followed by the last lone patrolman of his squad, he darted through the alley at the side of the mansion which led to the rear yard.

  18. Patrolman Phelan had missed the twinkle in Tim Feeney's eye and a few minutes later found him sitting beside a bed with his coat off and a foaming can on the floor by his chair.

  19. Patrolman Phelan wrapped his sinewy fist about the handle of his club with a vicious grip as he proceeded cautiously up the steps.

  20. I'm patrolman and me name is Michael Phelan, and I'm onto me job--mind that!

  21. Patrolman Switzer looked then where she pointed, and could scarce believe his eyes.

  22. Patrolman Switzer spoke with enhanced severity; his professional honour had been touched in a delicate place.

  23. Patrolman Switzer, who, it would appear, was by no means a patient person.

  24. Suddenly he put both his hands in Patrolman Switzer's fleshy midriff and gave him a violent shove.

  25. It was time to open the overtures which would establish Patrolman Switzer upon the basis of a better understanding of things.

  26. One of these--Patrolman John Rush--stepped out on the ledge, and edged his way toward a spur of stone that projected from the bank building.

  27. Behind followed Patrolman Barnett, steadying him and pressing him close against the wall.

  28. At half past nine a patrolman found a car answering the description standing outside an up-town saloon on the East Side.

  29. A patrolman from the local precinct was stationed at the iron-barred gate on the landward end of the foot-bridge.

  30. The patrolman thought so, too, but he had new orders as to these two.

  31. The patrolman held you and Fowle because he had orders to arrest, on any pretext or none, any one who seemed to have the remotest connection with the house in One Hundred and Twelfth Street, where Winifred Bartlett lives with her aunt.

  32. Even a friendly patrolman took pity on his drawn face and drew near.

  33. You told the patrolman at Eighty-sixth Street that you were hurrying away to break the news to Mrs. Tower, yet you did not go near her?

  34. The patrolman explained that "these two were fighting about the girl who lives in that house in East One Hundred and Twelfth," and this vague statement seemed all-sufficient.

  35. Arrived at the police station, the countryman and the patrolman both talked at once, while Bob stood in silence, overcome by the disgrace of his arrest.

  36. Surrounded by the reporters, Bob and the patrolman walked down the street, closely followed by the countryman, whose desire to make money without working for it had led to the loss of the seven hundred and fifty dollars.

  37. As the cab swerved about an obstructing delivery-wagon a patrolman sprang at the horses' heads, was jerked from his feet, and was carried along with the careering horse.

  38. The patrolman caught her back, roughly, and held her.

  39. They passed the group, went a little way, and returned; the woman was gone, but the patrolman and the man were still there, and deep in conversation.

  40. Another three blocks and the strollers came upon a patrolman chatting with a man and a woman.

  41. They came upon a patrolman seated on a box with a woman.

  42. He made drastic rules to enforce the excise law in those days, and on many Sundays used the whole Police Department in his work by placing a uniformed patrolman in front of the door of every saloon.

  43. I was just waiting for my partner, the patrolman on the next beat.

  44. On discovering a vessel standing into danger the patrolman burns a Coston signal, which emits a brilliant red flare, to warn the vessel of her danger.

  45. I paid the blackmail with trembling hands, and when the patrolman was out of sight around the corner I ran to reach my boarding place, intent only upon flight, instant and secret, from this moral cesspool of a city.

  46. At the nearest street corner I met the patrolman on the beat.

  47. Lane had only one hope--that the patrolman would miss the door.

  48. Sight of his gaping patrolman seemed to galvanize him into further realization of the situation.

  49. In 1862--an assessment having been levied on the police force for the purpose of raising and equipping the Metropolitan Brigade--Officer McWatters subscribed more money to this fund than any other patrolman on the force.

  50. They were in a tight group around the young patrolman because Whelton had spoken in a soft, church-going whisper.

  51. Patrolman Whelton, sir, and Sergeant Kerr is in the back.

  52. When the ambulance clanged away, he turned to a fellow patrolman who had joined him.

  53. Minafer was to blame for the accident according to patrolman F.

  54. The captain of a precinct is frequently as poorly educated as the patrolman serving under him, and his gold braid and brass buttons are all that really differentiate him from the men he orders about.

  55. Nothing has pleased me more in my relations with the outcast world than the chance I had as a railroad patrolman to help in sending home a penitent runaway boy.

  56. A uniformed patrolman appeared on the other side of the street, further down.

  57. The patrolman got there first and plunged in after him.

  58. A car screamed to a halt as the patrolman raced across the street, drawing his gun.

  59. Only then, did the patrolman obey the order to drop.

  60. The patrolman reported queer doings there a week or so ago.

  61. I have Robison out there now--the patrolman on the beat," he said.

  62. So, well after midnight, watching my chance when the patrolman had just passed on his regular round, I went across the street.

  63. It was Patrolman Ferrall, the officer on the beat.

  64. Down the stairs they went with their prisoner, while Patrolman White descended from the roof with his captive, whose hands had been shackled behind his back.

  65. Patrolman White was given a lift and Burke helped to pull him upon the fire-escape.

  66. Patrolman White was tugging at the gangster who had been knocked unconscious by Burke's club.

  67. While an American patrolman was on the beat we had no trouble, but a foreign-born officer showed us considerable disfavor.

  68. I have been a member of the Des Moines police force for over seventeen years, filling every position from patrolman up.


  69. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "patrolman" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    bailiff; beadle; commissioner; constable; deputy; detective; fed; gendarme; guard; inspector; lieutenant; lookout; marshal; officer; patrol; patrolman; picket; policeman; roundsman; scout; sentry; sergeant; sheriff; spotter; superintendent; trooper; watch; watcher; watchman