How to use sheriff in a sentence

More sentences with sheriff

• Law enforcement is the duty of police, sheriffs and other government officials.From the entry law enforcement
• A case of shrieval corruption eventually led to the sheriff facing criminal charges.From the entry shrieval
• The sheriff kept his gun unholstered in case the cowboys started any trouble.From the entry unholstered
• Vicontiel writs were those that were triable in the sheriff, or county, court.From the entry vicontiel
• He had his rights abridged by the crooked sheriff.From the entry abridge
• The sheriff threw us in the tank without charges!From the entry tank
• The sheriff warned her to appear in court.From the entry warn
• The deputy sheriff was promoted after his senior retired.From the entry deputy
• This murder has been a cold case for decades until last year when the new sheriff renewed the investigation.From the entry renew
• The sheriff was constantly goading me into shooting trespassers, which should surely count as incitement at the very least.From the entry incitement
• The sheriff clapped him in jail.From the entry clap
• They're getting served so much that the sheriffs are posted in the Crips neighborhoods.2021 January 26, Zimmy Zim, DAMUSLIM, Page Publishing Inc, →ISBN. From the entry Damu
• The Lord mayor and sheriff ride in their armour with surcoats of crimson.2020, Hilary Mantel, The Mirror and the Light, Fourth Estate, page 165. From the entry surcoat
• So the sheriff and I weren't exactly on howdying terms when that fire happened.2016, Brynn Bonner, Dead in a Flash, page 249. From the entry howdy
• Sheriff Schadenfreude had been tracking his movements and connections for some time.”2012, Michael Juge, Refurbished Soul, Book Three of the Shift Trilogy, page 140. From the entry guilty as a cat in a goldfish bowl
• Each sheriff had his own compter, which were both prisons and offices, administered by the respective secondaries.2003, John Hamilton Baker, The Oxford History of the Laws of England, Oxford University Press, page 284. From the entry compter
• It’s a wonder the sheriff doesn’t freeze to death living with her.”2002, Michelle Black, Solomon Spring, New York, N.Y.: Forge, Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, →ISBN, page 266. From the entry cold-hearted
• The province was shired into nine counties, with sheriffs and the whole apparatus of English local government.1998, James Lydon, “The End of the Old Order”, in The Making of Ireland: From Ancient Times to the Present, London; New York, N.Y.…. From the entry shire
• Doris unbuckled her seatbelt and went to the back of the cabulance, to the sheriff situation.1997, Ivan Doig, Bucking the Sun, page 394. From the entry cabulance
• Meier, wife of the under sheriff at the jail, turned against me.1973, Denis Brian, Murderers and Other Friendly People. From the entry tooth and tong
• The sheriff departments gave fourteen deputizations to the Indian police on ten reservations.1966, Annual Report of the Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs to the Governor of Arizona, Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs. From the entry deputization
• There is claim-jumping galore, murder, robbery, train ride shenanigans, sheriffs, bare fist fights and all the go-withs.1942 May, “Movie Reviews: The Spoilers”, in Modern Screen, volume 24, number 6, New York, N.Y.: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., page 102. From the entry the dickens out of
• “Wish I'd been more polite to that girl,” the sheriff remarked regretfully.1920, Peter B. Kyne, chapter IV, in The Understanding Heart. From the entry wolverine
• "Now take me to Pud Stoneham," said the sheriff to Jerry.1906, Clarence Young, The Motor Boys Overland. From the entry pud
• As Angel suspected, May chewed nails and spit fire when the sheriff released her into her stepmother's custody.2015, Lorraine Kennedy, Dark Rider: A Western Native American Romance, page 8. From the entry spit fire
• The sheriff jabbed his thumb at his chest.2013, J B Bergstad, Hyde's Corner - Book II - In The Name of Vengeance, →ISBN. From the entry law
• The sheriff fell back into the ditch holding his nose.2007, Simon Wood, Paying the Piper, page 309. From the entry wrenchlike
• Hud had been sheriff at the time of Angela’s disappearance.2003, B.J. Daniels [pseudonym; Barbara Johnson Heinlein], Mountain Sheriff (Harlequin Intrigue, 744; Cascades Concealed, 1), Don Mills…. From the entry no body
• The used-to-be sheriff sat rakishly astraddle his horse.1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 3, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →LCCN, page 17. From the entry astraddle
• They know there's not going to be a Negro sheriff.1966, Staughton Lynd, Nonviolence in America. From the entry longminded
• And therefore when they vote, they're going to vote for the less dangerous sheriff, who has to be a Democrat.1966, Staughton Lynd, Nonviolence in America. From the entry longminded
• Heck Tate was the sheriff of Maycomb County.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC. From the entry lumber jacket
• From the tonneau of Bentley's car the sheriff and Garland removed the groceries and sick-room supplies, stowing them in the kyacks.1920, Peter B. Kyne, “The Understanding Heart”, in Ch.XV (Usenet). From the entry tonneau
• The sheriff had brought along all the handcuffs necessary, and in a few seconds he had handcuffed Koswell.1912, Arthur M. Winfield, The Rover Boys in the Air. From the entry handcuff
• Lee County deserves a sheriff who acts for all, not the few, and is not interested in winning votes by violating civil rights.2022 September 4, Greg Parker, “Robbie Robertson Hosts Vince Palamara”, in alt.conspiracy.jfk (Usenet). From the entry detectiving
• Sheriff Brody is complaining about being the lucky one in charge of creating a chum line out of the back of the boat.2020, “The Best Methods to Go Chumming”, in Bait Binder, Coastal Baits, LLC, archived from the original on 27 Sep 2020. From the entry chum
• At the door of the mongery he kissed his wife farewell: “It would not be proper for you to deal with the sheriff.2014, James A. Michener, The Covenant: A Novel, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry mongery
• "I've been suspicioning here was where they got their information right along," the sheriff commented, and slipped the handcuffs on the landlord.2012, B. M. Bower, Cow-Country, page 195. From the entry suspicion
• Here, though, Picot's overbearing power, and the fact that the bishop was an absentee, meant that the sheriff could use threats to "nobble" the judges.2012, Mark Hagger, William: King and Conqueror, page 75. From the entry nobble
• The sheriff had called off the search for the two—a manhunt was ungodly expensive—but he'd still issued a Be On the Lookout for them.2007, Angela Knight, Jane's Warlord. From the entry be on the lookout

Meaning of sheriff

1. noun (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.
2. noun A judge in the sheriff court, the court of a county or sheriffdom.
3. noun A government official, usually responsible for law enforcement in their county and for administration of the county jail, sometimes an officer of the court, usually elected.

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Questions about sheriff in a sentence

How do you use sheriff in a sentence?

Sheriff is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Law enforcement is the duty of police, sheriffs and other government officials.”

What is a short sentence with sheriff?

“The sheriff clapped him in jail.”

What does sheriff mean?

Sheriff means (High Sheriff) An official of a shire or county office, responsible for carrying out court orders, law enforcement and other duties.