How to Use deputy in a Sentence

deputy

noun

• The deputies said Thomas tried to grab one of their guns.
  — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2023
• The deputy said the Focus crossed into the fog line on the road.
  — Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2024
• The bizarre case started when deputies went to the 5500 block of North Ocean Blvd.
  — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2024
• When the door opens, the deputy yells for Fortson to step back.
  — Faris Tanyos, CBS News, 31 May 2024
• At first, deputies weren’t able to find the other body on the 40-acre farm.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 20 Jan. 2024
• The mantle fell to Hastert of Illinois, the chief deputy whip.
  — Ron Elving, NPR, 27 Apr. 2024
• The deputies turned on their emergency lights and tried to get Copeland to pull over.
  — Daniella Silva, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2023
• Her husband was killed in a shootout with deputies outside the bar.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• Once the chase got to Chilton County, deputies there also joined in.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 13 June 2023
• That is not the right that was afforded to our deputy three days ago out here across the street.
  — Erick Mendoza, NBC News, 18 Sep. 2023
• Cure turns and begins walking toward the deputy and grabs the Taser wire.
  — Steve Almasy, CNN, 27 Feb. 2024
• Roebuck did say a racial slur was used against that deputy, who is Black.
  — Bianca Britton, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2022
• The lockdown was lifted, and deputies remained on campus for the rest of the school day.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2024
• That means that for now, neither the D.A. nor her deputy will have to testify in that case.
  — Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 2 Feb. 2024
• The gate went through the windshield and pinned the 36-year-old deputy to his seat, according to The Oklahoman.
  — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 21 Mar. 2023
• In April, a sheriff’s deputy stopped Jones for driving 78 mph in a 55 zone, court records state.
  — Sarah Swetlik | [e-mail], al, 8 Oct. 2022
• Well, he is supposed to approve leave slips for his deputy.
  — Charles Tiefer, Forbes, 7 May 2023
• Shaouni asks the deputy after stepping out of the police cruiser.
  — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
• Court records did not indicate if the deputies had lawyers to speak on their behalf.
  — CBS News, 14 Feb. 2024
• Volunteers are a second set of eyes and ears for deputies.
  — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 July 2023
• One of Trump’s deputy chiefs of staff, James Blair, will be a liaison to Congress.
  — Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 20 Jan. 2025
• And then, on the morning of the first of August, the deputy director of Lefortovo comes in.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 15 Aug. 2024
• Later that day, deputies were again called to the woman’s home, the department said.
  — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 4 June 2024
• After the two left the uncle’s home, the man called his uncle saying he was lost, deputies said.
  — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 10 June 2024
• The other occupants of the boat heard Crane fall off and struggled to find him amid the darkness, Troup deputies said.
  — Caroline Silva, ajc, 7 June 2023
• At that point, the deputy opens fire from inside the vehicle, letting off one or two shots.
  — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2023
• The deputy wrote that he‘d left copies of receipt forms for the weapons on the front door so that Gray could pick them up later at the sheriff’s office.
  — Russ Bynum and Claire Rush, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2024
• Our deputy editor's 10-month-old mixed-breed pup adores this toy.
  — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 10 Feb. 2023
• Sheriff’s deputies were first called to the church about 2:45 a.m. Saturday for had been reported as a break-in.
  — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 11 Feb. 2025
• At the scene, deputies discovered the victim was a 39-year-old off-duty corrections deputy.
  — Christina Shaw, Fox News, 11 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 12 Mar 2025