Policemen
[pə'liːsmən]
Definition
(pl. ) of Policeman
Inputed by Estella
Examples
- These policemen follow the executive officer's boat from shore to ship and from ship to shore and watch his dark maneuvres with a vigilant eye. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Over his shoulder I caught a glimpse of one or two uniformed policemen outside. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- These were all the speeches that were made, and I recommend them to parties who present policemen with gold watches, as models of brevity and point. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Six men walked in the middle of the road, three of them being policemen. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Lestrade had produced two candles, and the policemen had uncovered their lanterns. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He would never have dismissed his two policemen, if he had run the risk of keeping the Diamond in his own house again. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- One of the local policemen was walking along the path by the roadside. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- One of the two inferior policemen was to be left at the house, in case anything happened. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The reverse of this practice prevails when those policemen of the seas, the _torpedo boats_, guard the treasures of the shore. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The money-lender came out from the inner regions of the bank, followed by his two guardian policemen in plain clothes. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They advanced nearer, till they saw policemen at the gates. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Two uniformed policemen sat inside. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Why, it's true, returns one of the policemen. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Five minutes later, three policemen had assembled in the hall. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They drove the horses with a fire-bell in front of them to the French pier, the policemen lining the streets. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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