How to Use enforcer in a Sentence

enforcer

noun

• The New York enforcer just finished a 25-year stint in prison.
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2022
• The right hand reached down and grabbed the handle of his ‘enforcer’ and started up with it.
  — Jonathan Bullington, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2025
• The Kings need an enforcer in the paint and Bamba might be able to do that as a rookie.
  — Jason Jones, sacbee, 23 May 2018
• Jax spent most of the year as a lethal enforcer without much of a look-in on the big matches.
  — The Editors Of Gq, GQ, 6 Apr. 2018
• And yes, for the Sharks, every enforcer list must start with Link Gaetz.
  — Mark Purdy, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2017
• The question now is whether antitrust enforcers will go along with the deal.
  — Scott Moritz and Nabila Ahmed, chicagotribune.com, 30 Apr. 2018
• The courts and enforcers adopted that standard over many decades.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
• Cerda is the enforcer for a crew that has been linked to at least 13 murders over 18 months.
  — Steve Schmadeke, chicagotribune.com, 10 May 2017
• Spoelstra for being the enforcer to see the vision through.
  — Safid Deen, USA TODAY, 10 June 2023
• Cote was an enforcer—a tough guy whose job was to keep the other team's players in check.
  — Wired, 26 Sep. 2019
• Of course, the consequence of that is the police do their bidding and are kind of their enforcers.
  — Los Angeles Times En Español, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• There's the brains behind the operation and then there's the enforcer.
  — Samantha Highfill, EW.com, 26 Jan. 2023
• No law enforcers were harmed in the Nashville shooting.
  — J.d. Crowe | [e-mail], al, 29 Mar. 2023
• Both districts have sought to transform the role to be more of a mentor than an enforcer.
  — NBC News, 4 June 2020
• In some ways, as chief enforcer, Ratzinger served as bad cop to the good cop played by John Paul, who charmed the world with his humor and warmth.
  — Henry Chudeputy News Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2022
• Where Tau can’t go, its squad of nano-drones or its killing-machine enforcer, Aries, can.
  — Jason Kehe, WIRED, 9 July 2018
• Putin spent the first part of his career as a low-level enforcer of that system.
  — Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
• Putin spent the first part of his career as a low-level enforcer of that system.
  — Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2025
• People think enforcers skate out there for two minutes a night, take a few pops and call it a night.
  — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2017
• In the wake of the ruling, FTC enforcers remained optimistic.
  — Naomi Nix, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2023
• So what are the consequences when the rule enforcers turn into the rule breakers?
  — Blake Bakkila, Good Housekeeping, 25 June 2019
• Police blamed the deaths on clashes with law enforcers.
  — Jim Gomez, The Seattle Times, 3 June 2018
• The Socceroos’ captain is a midfield enforcer with looks to kill.
  — Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
• Clark played the run and the pass well, but Elliott, who played for the first time since Week 3, was an enforcer after the Chargers made catches.
  — Mike Preston, baltimoresun.com, 17 Oct. 2021
• Cross was an enforcer in the middle of the Terrapins’ defense.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2022
• At the office, Mr. Saikawa was a stern enforcer of Mr. Ghosn’s plans, people who worked with him recall.
  — Phred Dvorak, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2018
• Still, the cat-and-mouse game that smugglers and sanctions enforcers have long played on the high seas isn’t likely to come to an abrupt end soon.
  — Benoit Faucon, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2018
• Lloyd said Goodson is the enforcer and is always ready to hit somebody.
  — Jimmy Lay, al, 9 Aug. 2022
• Earlier this year, Trump’s top enforcer on border issues, Tom Homan, suggested the Pope was a hypocrite.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 21 Apr. 2025
• The allegations against Lee arrived at a time of greater vigilance than ever among Korea’s anti-drug enforcers.
  — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025