How to Use councillor in a Sentence

councillor

noun

• Just a few months ago, Jyoti Gondek was a city councillor with 2% name recognition and a dream.
  — Courtney Shea, refinery29.com, 2 Nov. 2021
• The security guard lets go of Ruiter within a few seconds, and the councillor escapes with a red mark across his neck.
  — WIRED, 30 Mar. 2023
• It was later reported that the culprit had been the Bolsonaros’ techie son, Carlos, who is a city councillor in Rio de Janeiro, and with whom she was said to have had a fight.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2022
• Ben Maguire, councillor for the prosecution, the woman is likely to see a prison sentence.
  — Charlie Sorrel, WIRED, 12 July 2007
• Such a scheme would struggle to be justified now, says Steve Battlemuch, the councillor who chairs the company’s board.
  — The Economist, 3 May 2018
• The pair even kissed following the murder of the Changs, with Kai telling Meadow that her work murdering the councillor was impeccable.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Oct. 2017
• In local government, just a third of councillors in England are women, with even fewer in Wales (28%) and Scotland (24%).
  — Jo Swinson, Time, 8 June 2018
• Chelsea must now wait for the outcome of Monday's councillors meeting but believe the local government has the power to kill the injunction by the use of planning law.
  — SI.com, 12 Jan. 2018
• Many of its victims were local councillors, business people or police in the small towns and tight valleys in the hinterland of San Sebastián.
  — The Economist, 9 May 2018
• Instead that seat was contested by Au Nok-hin, a district councillor and activist.
  — The Economist, 12 Mar. 2018
• Derrick Ssonko, a mechanic in blue overalls, says he was inspired to run for local councillor, but the party ticket went to a rival who paid a bribe.
  — The Economist, 7 Nov. 2020
• Meanwhile, their children, councillors and allies all seem hungry for war—and ensure there’s no turning back.
  — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 13 June 2024
• Members of a pro-police Facebook group called Back the Blue Tulsa brought similar questions to a local city councillor.
  — Victor Luckerson, The New Yorker, 19 Nov. 2020
• Stuart Wright, a councillor from a Norfolk family, says that some of the new arrivals dug up his grandfather’s potatoes.
  — The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
• But the more obvious explanation is that councillors are acting at the behest of their union allies.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
• Mr López is looking for a sympathetic councillor to present the petition on the anniversary of Guevara’s death.
  — The Economist, 20 July 2017
• According to a town councillor quoted in the article, the pond was last cleaned about 20 years prior, around five years before Noggin Clontith made his first foray onto the scene.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 26 Mar. 2020
• Others, though, argue that by blaming councillors for the disaster, the report lets the government off lightly.
  — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
• Miranda Williams, a councillor and cabinet member for children and young people in southeast London, was one of the first to call Clarks out on its sexist branding.
  — Claire Zillman, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2017
• Earlier this month, Don Cardy, a small town councillor in Canada, was suspended for two days after a racial slur was posted on his Facebook profile.
  — Louise Matsakis, WIRED, 27 Apr. 2018
• Julia Mejia, a Boston city councillor, after hearing from students who work in her office, posted a tweet asking those who are struggling to find housing to get in touch for help.
  — Natalie Gontcharova, refinery29.com, 12 Mar. 2020
• While Labour councillors deal with the anti-Semitism row, their Tory rivals face another problem: Brexit.
  — The Economist, 5 Apr. 2018
• So too was Tiffany Yuen, a district councillor elected in 2019, when prodemocracy candidates, buoyed by months of protests, humiliated the pro-Beijing camp at the polls.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2021
• The actress's father, councillor Seb Leslie, owns a castle in his West Garioch constituency.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 May 2018
• District councils are consultative bodies on local affairs in Hong Kong, and the election will return 452 councillors for a four-year term.
  — Eric Cheung, CNN, 29 Oct. 2019
• The two-term district councillor was roundly defeated by a prodemocracy candidate whose campaign had been buoyed by months of sustained protests.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2021
• Charishma Kaliyanda, who has been a Labor councillor in Liverpool (a suburb within the Fowler electorate) since 2016, agreed.
  — Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 17 Sep. 2021
• During the pre-council meeting, councillors debated whether to amend the city’s fireworks ordinance.
  — Margaret Kates | [e-mail], al, 26 Jan. 2023
• But councillors draw a parallel with austerity, where the government outsourced the blame for cuts by forcing local councils to decide what to axe.
  — The Economist, 17 Aug. 2019
• Our Equity Race Equality Committee asked a councillor to submit an emergency motion about the intimidation, censorship and smear around this and especially the whole ‘hate marches’ narrative.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 20 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024