How to Use councilwoman in a Sentence

councilwoman

noun
  • For each of the votes to get this done, one councilwoman voted against the plans.
    Dennis Valera, CBS News, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Armed men gunned the councilwoman down in her car in the center of the city with nine shots—four to the head.
    Kiratiana Freelon, The Root, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The Cincinnati city councilwoman ends up here through no fault of her own.
    Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 12 Jan. 2018
  • For instance, the city has yet to establish a hot line, the councilwoman said.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, latimes.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Gallant later lost in court, and the councilwoman was cleared of wrong doing.
    Matier & Ross, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The jury found that the councilwoman had pushed the then-72-year-old Brown over a row of chairs.
    Matier & Ross, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2018
  • The councilwoman has since apologized, but public apologies are a dime a dozen these days.
    Ana Veciana-Suarez, miamiherald, 9 Apr. 2018
  • City councilwoman Dona Brady has challenged the church’s right to act as a shelter.
    Ginger Christ, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The councilwoman is serving out her last few days in office after hitting the eight-year term limit.
    Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News, 8 June 2021
  • Huang, a city councilwoman, wants Yorba Linda to stay this way.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2022
  • The councilwoman did not respond to an email this week asking about the restraining order.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2020
  • His wife, Barbara, still listed as a councilwoman, now lives in Hialeah.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Some Democrats have also called on the councilwoman to resign if she is convicted.
    Tobi Raji, Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Karem said four seats at the gala were used by the councilwoman, her son, daughter and nephew and the other seats were occupied by constituents.
    Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 21 June 2018
  • The first-time candidate was clearly getting the best of the longtime city councilwoman.
    David Weigel, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2018
  • The councilwoman’s work on behalf of renters arguably has been her signature issue.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2026
  • The councilwoman also emphasized that the city is in a fiscal crisis.
    City News Service, Daily News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • By December, a new councilwoman, Karen Hinkston, was sworn in to take his seat.
    David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Sep. 2025
  • David’s mother, Janet Smock Roberts, was a city councilwoman there for nearly two decades.
    John Branch, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • All suspects had denied any connection with the councilwoman's killing.
    Arkansas Online, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Clooney and Zeidler's mother was a beauty queen–turned–city councilwoman, while their father worked as a news anchor.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Fletcher, who was president-elect of the student body at the time, got into a heated exchange with the councilwoman.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Maria Pereira, a city councilwoman whose district includes Smith-Fields’ home, said.
    Celina Tebor, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Because his homes have already drawn the ire of his neighbors, the councilwoman promised that the city will be proactive in addressing the issue.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Lian also served as a city councilwoman in Falls Church, Virginia, on a part-time basis.
    Audrey Baker, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 8 Aug. 2024
  • The councilwoman’s decision to challenge the 67-year-old Costa had been in the works for a while.
    John Wildermuth, SFChronicle.com, 17 July 2019
  • Nothing Brooks has done in her 16 years as a councilwoman outweighs the cost to Oakland.
    Otis R. Taylor Jr., San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2018
  • The East End councilwoman orders either the brunette, a hazelnut and caramel mocha, or the blondie, a caramel and vanilla breve.
    Eleanor McCrary, The Courier-Journal, 16 July 2024
  • At-large councilwoman LaWana Slack-Mayfield was the sole vote against the salon suite.
    Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Bass, on the other hand, issued a statement through her campaign, targeting the councilwoman.
    Brandon Downs, CBS News, 7 June 2026

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