How to Use constable in a Sentence

constable

noun

• The constable will return at the end of the day to collect the tablet.
  — Dallas News, 23 Oct. 2020
• Each justice of the peace works with a constable in their precinct.
  — Lauren Castle, The Arizona Republic, 3 Nov. 2020
• Each court has one justice of the peace and one constable.
  — Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2024
• The constable pulled up to the school and rushed into the building from the front with the first group of responders.
  — Susan Carroll, David Hunn and Emily Foxhall, San Antonio Express-News, 20 May 2018
• His time as a constable for the past decade is equally as red-marked.
  — Joseph Darius Jaafari, The Arizona Republic, 14 Dec. 2022
• Houston-area constables now have eyes in the sky to help them catch bad guys.
  — Danny Hermosillo, Houston Chronicle, 7 Jan. 2020
• And so did stories about what a bunch of idiots the constables were.
  — Wendell Jamieson, New York Times, 28 June 2017
• The chief constable of Greater Manchester has done a great job on that.
  — Anders Hagstrom, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2022
• Gary Wolf, the constable for District 1, was hit in his eyes when the gunman shot through some glass, Williams said.
  — Ana Rocío Álvarez Bríñez, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2022
• Holmes is able to distinguish the separate tracks of two men from the many footmarks of the constables on the scene.
  — Hans-Dieter Sues, Smithsonian, 11 Sep. 2019
• The constable decided not to evict the man, but the landlord appealed the decision to the court.
  — AZCentral.com, 15 June 2021
• White, 59, has served as constable in Kendall County for more than 22 years.
  — Brian Chasnoff, ExpressNews.com, 18 June 2019
• Inside the house, Lane and another constable found the dogs' food in an unopened, 50-pound bag on the counter.
  — Rocky Baier, azcentral, 13 June 2019
• Ryan jumped when the constable thumped on her apartment door three times in late July.
  — Jessica Boehm, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2020
• The constable did not return a message left at a phone listing for him.
  — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2018
• One of Pawlet’s two constables moved toward Banyai, as if to escort him out.
  — Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2023
• Haines told Dateline that there was no record of the constable reporting Carey Mae’s case.
  — Juliet Muir, NBC News, 31 Mar. 2018
• The other first-time victors were Henry Curry, a new constable, and Adam Swartz, a justice of the peace.
  — Dallas News, 1 Jan. 2023
• Unamused, the local constable raced to the docks to arrest him.
  — David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 15 May 2022
• If not, the judge can issue a writ, but the tenant will receive notice before a constable comes to their home.
  — AZCentral.com, 15 June 2021
• The Court approved a $3,843 judgment against Ryan for two months' rent, late fees, attorneys fees and court costs and ordered the constable to evict her.
  — Jessica Boehm, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2020
• The case against the deputy constable, Craig Regans, remains pending.
  — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 4 June 2024
• Killing and burying cattle is only worth $2 per head to a constable.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 7 Mar. 2022
• The constable agreed but the rest of Gardner’s belongings stayed locked inside.
  — Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Nov. 2020
• The new watchdogs have power to hire and fire chief constables, to write policing plans for the force to follow and to set local taxes to pay for policing.
  — The Economist, 12 Mar. 2020
• Precinct 4 constables made entry into home and found the bodies of a 54-year-old woman and a juvenile male.
  — Brooke A. Lewis, Houston Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2018
• But after only a few weeks as a constable and a year’s training, the former Bank of England official was put in charge of 100-odd cops.
  — The Economist, 24 May 2018
• The landlord has received a judgment against a renter, but not a writ of restitution, which is the court order issued for a constable to lock a tenant out.
  — Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2021
• The driver, who is black, who was shot and wounded by a constable in Florence was released from the hospital two days later.
  — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2018
• The case stemmed from noise citations written by Hood County constable John Shirley, who has recorded dozens of readings the past few months over 85 decibels, the state’s threshold for which noise is considered unreasonable.
  — Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024