How to Use councilwoman in a Sentence

councilwoman

noun
  • Gallant later lost in court, and the councilwoman was cleared of wrong doing.
    Matier & Ross, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The councilwoman has since apologized, but public apologies are a dime a dozen these days.
    Ana Veciana-Suarez, miamiherald, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Nearby are flowers with handwritten messages, and sprayed on grimy walls are scores of colorful tributes to the dead councilwoman.
    Samantha Pearson and Luciana Magalhaes, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2018
  • Getting it back would take nearly a week, numerous frustrating emails and phone calls, and the involvement of a Phoenix councilwoman.
    Alexis Egeland, azcentral, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Kline has served as Stow mayor since 2011, and was a Stow councilwoman for six years prior to being elected mayor.
    Jennifer Conn, Akron Reporter, cleveland.com, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Just last week, a Texas councilwoman was charged with disorderly conduct after shouting obscenities at a group of teen girls because of a Trump shirt.
    Ana Veciana-Suarez, miamiherald, 9 Apr. 2018
  • Protesters march against the killing of councilwoman and human-rights activist Marielle Franco in Maré on March 18.
    Samantha Pearson and Luciana Magalhaes, WSJ, 25 Mar. 2018
  • The councilwoman also said improved relations between the city and the Arizona Cardinals factored into her support for a bid as well.
    Perry Vandell, azcentral, 30 Mar. 2018
  • Franco and a driver were killed last Wednesday after the councilwoman participated in an event on empowering black women.
    Fox News, 21 Mar. 2018
  • 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
  • His wife, Shirley Doss, was a councilwoman at the time.
    cleveland.com, 5 July 2019
  • 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
  • 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
  • As a councilwoman spoke, Opel strode up the aisle, stripped off his jumpsuit, leaped over a rope, and stood next to the stunned police chief, Ed Davis.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • For instance, the city has yet to establish a hot line, the councilwoman said.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, latimes.com, 30 Apr. 2018
  • City councilwoman Dona Brady has challenged the church’s right to act as a shelter.
    Ginger Christ, cleveland, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The, the no harm, no foul, no one would begrudge you, but, but lying about it and trying to, to mislead the county councilwoman.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Her mother was the city's first Black city councilwoman.
    Lisa Mascaro, ajc, 17 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • No one voted against the transfers, but councilwoman Ragen Hatcher, D-at large, was not present for the vote.
    Gregory Tejeda, Post-Tribune, 6 June 2018
  • Dwumfour, the 30-year-old Sayreville councilwoman, was found shot to death in her car in the borough in February.
    Zenebou Sylla, CNN, 2 June 2023
  • The councilwoman also voted against a package of pay raises for the LAPD.
    James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2024
  • David’s mother, Janet Smock Roberts, was a city councilwoman there for nearly two decades.
    John Branch, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2021
  • 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 first-time candidate was clearly getting the best of the longtime city councilwoman.
    David Weigel, chicagotribune.com, 27 June 2018
  • Huang, a city councilwoman, wants Yorba Linda to stay this way.
    Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2022
  • The councilwoman raised one hand to emphasize her point.
    Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • Kellee: Annise won that campaign and went on to serve Houston for 18 years as a councilwoman, controller, and mayor.
    Tanner Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Gideon Cody, then the Marion police chief, obtained search warrants for the Record’s newsroom, as well as the homes of the publisher and a city councilwoman.
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 4 Apr. 2024

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