Get to know Policeman better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like officer or lawman.
Policeman in a sentence
Policeman meaning
- A police officer, usually a male.
- A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
- Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.
Using Policeman
- The main meaning on this page is: A police officer, usually a male. | A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis. | Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.
- Useful related words include: police officer, officer, lawman, law officer.
- In the example corpus, policeman often appears in combinations such as: the policeman, policeman was, policeman in.
Context around Policeman
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 10 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Policeman
- In this selection, "policeman" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, york, serving, young, clad, grabs and clubs stand out and add context to how "policeman" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2021 indianola policeman of the and a local policeman. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "policeman" sits close to words such as bacterial, caregivers and compressed, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with policeman
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A kind and professional policeman made a report. (8 words)
Arabic media reports indicated that the shooter was a local policeman. (11 words)
Once a policeman dies, his family has to vacate the quarters for a serving policeman. (15 words)
In a video that had gone viral on social media, the policeman, clad in civvies, is sitting on a chair while the minor boy is sitting on the floor and begging the policeman to forgive him. (36 words)
As Aderrien followed his mother around a hallway corner and into the family living room with his arms raised, an officer, identified as 2021 Indianola Policeman of the Year Greg Capers, shot him in the chest. (36 words)
Across all three countries and four ideological groupings, young Europeans are steadfast in the opinion that the U.S. acts as the world’s policeman to the detriment of the world community. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
In a video that had gone viral on social media, the policeman, clad in civvies, is sitting on a chair while the minor boy is sitting on the floor and begging the policeman to forgive him.
A policeman grabs a youth by the hair as another New York policeman clubs another in a disorder in Greenwich Village on August 31, 1970 in New York.
Once a policeman dies, his family has to vacate the quarters for a serving policeman.
Among the kidnapped are the brother of a policeman posted in Srinagar and the son of another policeman who works as a cook at police training centre.
According to reports, the young policeman from Chimbu Province had gone to investigate a complaint when he was attacked and killed.
Across all three countries and four ideological groupings, young Europeans are steadfast in the opinion that the U.S. acts as the world’s policeman to the detriment of the world community.
A Kenyan court has sentenced to death a former Kenyan policeman for the killing of a prominent human rights lawyer and two other people more than six years ago.
A kind and professional policeman made a report.
Amidst reports of the amnesty granted to Chaudhary, the wife of a policeman murdered in Tikapur filed in the office of the president pleading refusal of amnesty.
And we’d even get the policeman in the car, he’d be occasionally singing along as well.
A policeman walks near the tree at Sycamore Gap, next to Hadrian's Wall, in Northumberland, England, Thursday Sept. 28, 2023 which has come down overnight.
A policeman who failed to investigate a crime and then lied to colleagues to cover his tracks hasn’t been punished by the court on the basis he may lose his job.
Appearing on Saturday (1 April) night’s episode of The Jonathan Ross Show, Allen explained: “I thought he was just like a sexy policeman from a reality TV show.
Arabic media reports indicated that the shooter was a local policeman.
As Aderrien followed his mother around a hallway corner and into the family living room with his arms raised, an officer, identified as 2021 Indianola Policeman of the Year Greg Capers, shot him in the chest.
Asked directly by host Laura Jayes if she had addressed the policeman, she said: 'No, I haven't.
As King recalled in an essay, “A policeman pulled up to the car and said: ‘All right, boy, pull over and let me see your license.
Brady Pickering’s “disgusting” assault on the policeman happened after she consumed “vast amounts” of alcohol at a Turkish theme party at the Banchory Lodge hotel earlier this year.
But he refuses to ask How high every time a policeman orders him to jump.
But the Policeman's Annuity and Benefit Fund of Chicago denied his claim for full disability because there was no proof that he contracted the virus on the job.
Common combinations with policeman
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the policeman 28×
- policeman was 15×
- policeman in 12×
- policeman and 12×
- one policeman 12×
- policeman who 10×
- of policeman 8×
- former policeman 8×
- policeman to 6×
- military policeman 5×