patrolmen

plural of patrolman

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for patrolmen
Noun
  • Through the streets of World War I Paris, the bohemian artist attempts to outmaneuver bombs, policemen, girlfriends, and critics in an increasingly desperate search of a home for his art.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Today’s policed are tomorrow’s policemen.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Four federal officers were injured during the assault.
    Peter D'Abrosca, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Prisoners feared they were purposefully trapped in the A Tunnel, sitting ducks for a response from corrections officers.
    Michael Collins, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The movie, somewhat surprisingly, reveals a multi-racial Florida community raising children together, mostly in harmony, except for the one single white woman who keeps calling the cops.
    Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Over and over, Lorincz called the cops on them.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cinematic lawmen like Little Bill in Unforgiven and Wyatt Earp in My Darling Clementine—films that inspired Eddington—commanded their towns with a near iron will.
    Robert Daniels, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Kris Kristofferson and Treat Williams as lawmen whose desert discovery leads down a path to information about the Kennedy assassination.
    Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Inspired by the colors of the season—browns and coppers reminiscent of dry leaves falling on the ground and the sunsets of this time of year—this makeup style brings a stunning warmth to the face.
    María Munsuri, Glamour, 21 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Some 80,000 police and gendarmes were set to be deployed throughout the day, including riot units, drones and armored vehicles.
    Reuters, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hall declined to discuss the circumstances of the shooting with detectives, police said.
    Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Now, more than a year after the man’s death, Miami-Dade Sheriff’s detectives have arrested a woman in connection to his slaying.
    Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The range of salaries will be $143,400 for constables and $295,564 for District Attorney Phil Sorrells, a North Richland Hills Republican.
    Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Sep. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Patrolmen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/patrolmen. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on patrolmen

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!