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How to use constable in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun, verb

Constable means one holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.). Example: “The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals.”

Examples of constable by meaning

nounOne holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.).

  • As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

More sentences with constable

  • The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals.From the entry shadow
  • Many people are unhappy with the sacking of the chief constable and demand his immediate reinstatement.From the entry reinstatement
  • “Constable Fancy’s collecting evidence from his flat while Morse and me brace Valdemar.”2018 February 11, Colin Dexter, Russell Lewis, 58:13 from the start, in Endeavour(Cartouche), season 5, episode 2 (TV series), spoken by…. From the entry brace
  • DD rang the chief constable and threatened to ‘give him an interview without biscuits’ (?).2006 October 7, Tamzin Lightwater, “Diary of a Notting Hill Nobody”, in The Spectator. From the entry without biscuits
  • In On the Beat he doubles the parts of a constable and a gang-leader.1997, Roger Lewis, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Hal Leonard Corporation, →ISBN. From the entry double
  • The mucky message carried the name of a constable at the top.1992, The Daily Mirror, Mirror Group Newspapers. From the entry mucky
  • The Super nodded wisely, 'I agree, constable.2022, Bill Watson, Judokill. From the entry hurricane
  • “Frankly,” he said in a moment, “I think the chief constable has got ahead of himself on this one.2007, Cassandra Chan, Village Affairs, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry get ahead of oneself
  • A stout Burmese woman, wife of a constable, was kneeling outside the cage ladling rice and watery dahl into tin pannikins.1934, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Burmese Days. From the entry dal
  • The lock-up was upstairs, a cage surrounded by six-inch wooden bars, guarded by a constable armed with a carbine.1934, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Burmese Days. From the entry carbine
  • The special constables..were issued with one pair of boots, two overalls, one raincoat, and two skippers — but no shirts or warm coats.1987 August 19, Eastern Province Herald. From the entry skipper
  • Yet as Tilehurst approached it, from the opposite direction appeared Sprout, the village constable, also a-wheel and bound for the same objective.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London. From the entry a-wheel
  • Constable and Turner were needed to reassert the potentialities of natural colour and to disinvolve the miracle of light from the good taste of academic tone.2017, Edward Thomas, British Country Life in Autumn and Winter. From the entry disinvolve
  • All police inspectors and constables on first appointment attend basic training courses lasting about 27 weeks at the Police Training School at Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen.1976 October, Norman L. Dodd, “The Crown Colony of Hong Kong”, in Military Review, volume LVI, number 10, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 10, column 2. From the entry Wong Chuk Hang

Meaning of constable

  1. noun One holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.).
  2. noun A police officer or an officer with equivalent powers.
  3. noun An officer of a noble court in the Middle Ages, usually a senior army commander. (See also marshal).

Full definition of constable

Questions about constable in a sentence

How do you use constable in a sentence?
Constable is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The constable was promoted to working as a shadow for the Royals.”
What is a short sentence with constable?
“The Super nodded wisely, 'I agree, constable.”
What does constable mean?
Constable means one holding the lowest rank in most Commonwealth police forces. (See also chief constable.).

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