How to Use lawman in a Sentence

lawman

noun

• Wyatt Earp was a famous American lawman of the Wild West.
• Valadez told lawmen the bodies were moved in the white truck.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al, 16 Mar. 2020
• There, a mob of 150 armed and unmasked men stormed the train, shoved the lawmen aside and took James off.
  — Joe Heim, Washington Post, 7 July 2018
• But the lawmen came back again and again, according to sources close to the case.
  — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 15 Jan. 2018
• Fearing for their lives, at least one of the lawmen opened fire.
  — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 13 July 2018
• On the other hand, 1883: The Bass Reeves Story brings the legendary lawman of the wild west to life.
  — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 27 May 2022
• The lawman — he’s named Jake, and played by Ethan Hawke — knows this stranger, Silva.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023
• They were known to lawmen and had been seen driving around in the area at the time Tim was shot and killed, Evans said.
  — Carol Robinson | [e-mail], al.com, 25 June 2019
• In a chaotic scene, five of the men started firing at the lawman.
  — Keri Blakinger, Houston Chronicle, 8 July 2019
• His brand of square-jawed, slick lawman thing didn't resonate with me at all.
  — Kenny Herzog, Esquire, 14 Apr. 2015
• Borders served as the county’s top lawman for about a decade.
  — Lisa Maria Garza, orlandosentinel.com, 16 Nov. 2021
• His portrayal remains one of the TV world’s gifts to fans of slick lawmen.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 18 July 2023
• The female victim told lawmen the armed intruder had just fled out of the back door of her home.
  — Carol Robinson, AL.com, 20 Oct. 2017
• The end of the wild west era has begun as lawmen hunt down the last remaining outlaw gangs.
  — Joshua Rivera, GQ, 2 May 2018
• This now marks the second time Olyphant has returned to a lawman character in the past few years.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 14 Jan. 2022
• The guy who plays Jack Reacher, quasi-lawman, is Alan Ritchson.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2022
• The owner of the driveway where the homicides happened doesn't know the victims or the suspect, lawmen have said.
  — Ashley Remkus, AL.com, 18 Dec. 2017
• Billy Clanton and the McLaury brothers, who stood and fought, were killed by the lawmen, all of whom walked away.
  — Matt Jancer, Smithsonian, 5 Feb. 2018
• At first glance, in his navy pants and police vest, O’Rourke looks like the typical lawman.
  — oregonlive, 25 Mar. 2023
• The lawman Bass Reeves died in 1910 — and then his legacy was forgotten.
  — Wil Haygood, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
• Williams was a beloved lawman serving his home county for more than 40 years.
  — al, 26 Nov. 2019
• The two lawmen, along with five other agents, walked into the dusty front yard, sidestepping roosters, and banged on the front door.
  — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 31 May 2024
• In a pair of photos, two white lawmen atop horses guide a bound black man with a rope down a wide and empty street.
  — Alex Horton, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• Robert Hawes, the would-be challenger to Hill on whom the sheriff swore out an arrest warrant in 2018, said the lawman is relic of the past.
  — Leon Stafford, ajc, 30 Apr. 2021
• For the lawmen, Precinct 1 covers the northeast corner of the county, while the northwest portion of the county is in Precinct 4.
  — John Delapp, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2019
• In 1886, Sam encountered lawman Frank West while at a dance.
  — Hannah Evans, Dallas News, 21 Jan. 2020
• The three lawmen who’d wedged in through the door opened fire — the Olathe sergeant, a county deputy and another Olathe officer.
  — Joe Robertson, kansascity, 5 May 2018
• The deputy who trained the fallen lawman made clear the high pitch of emotions inside the Sheriff’s Department.
  — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• Americans have always owned guns and used them to project strength and vigor—think of the gun-slinging cowboy or the gun-carrying lawman immortalized in Hollywood.
  — Jeremi Suri, TIME, 14 July 2024
• Yes, Marsh was a bent lawman and a conspirator in a plot to supply missiles to terrorists who’d very much like the ability to shoot down Boeing 707s full of American taxpayers.
  — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 12 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024