How to Use constable in a Sentence

constable

noun

• Harvie says there aren't enough constables to staff each of Bucks' 203 polling locations, so police are prepared to respond to emergencies.
  — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024
• 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
• Friction point: Because of a state law that requires law enforcement officers to remain more than 100 feet from a polling center, counties rely on constables as a first line of defense.
  — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024