How to Use councilman in a Sentence

councilman

noun
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  • That didn’t stop the three North Side councilmen from leaving the dais for the vote.
    — Molly Smith, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The District 10 councilman had just spent four hours in the North Side bar Nov. 6.
    — Taylor Pettaway, San Antonio Express-News, 16 May 2023
  • At least one city councilman believes that is the case.
    — Scott Turner | , al, 5 Sep. 2023
  • But Reedy follows him and the councilman appears to push him back.
    — oregonlive, 10 Dec. 2022
  • But experts say the councilman shouldn’t be counted out in the runoff.
    — J.d. Capelouto, ajc, 6 Nov. 2021
  • The councilman added that the proposal has the support of Huntsville police.
    — Paul Gattis | [email protected], al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The councilman filed notice of his intent to appeal to the full Supreme Court this week.
    — Robert Higgs, cleveland, 21 May 2021
  • One councilman balked at the idea of a new short-term violence plan.
    — Jessica Anderson, Baltimore Sun, 21 May 2022
  • Barraza said the councilman’s staff no longer feels safe.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The councilman voiced an opinion that the city citation list has gone up.
    — Scott Turner | , al, 15 May 2023
  • No one cares what’s in your heart or deep inside your bones, councilman.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Just last week, a judge found a city councilman not guilty of assault for punching the mayor.
    — Joseph D. Bryant | [email protected], al, 6 June 2023
  • Joe Tuck, a Forkland councilman for a little more than four years, lives a short walk to the highway, and about 300 yards from the town hall.
    — al, 14 Mar. 2021
  • In Whitburn’s address to the teams, the councilman reminded them of the importance of the job ahead.
    — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2021
  • But a county councilman questioned whether Khan was telling the truth.
    — Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • The current councilman was born four years after Webb stepped down in 1991.
    — Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Tambuzi worked for former San Diego councilman George Stevens in the late 1990s.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 May 2021
  • Alone in bed that night, Suzie performs a verbal web search for news stories about the death of councilman Ito.
    — Chris Klimek, Vulture, 10 July 2024
  • The feds then sent him away for 21 months for stealing from the public from his earlier stint as a councilman.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 16 June 2024
  • The pension limit was proposed in 2009 by Kevin Kamenetz, then a councilman.
    — Alison Knezevich, Baltimore Sun, 1 Sep. 2022
  • Kevin Jenkins, the councilman who represents the area, would like to tell you a little about his district.
    — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • The councilman’s challengers have also pounced on the issue.
    — Talia Richman, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2021
  • One city councilman recalled to me a trip Don Jr. made to North Charleston around that time for a city council meeting.
    — Joe Rubin, The New Republic, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The shooting began at a union meeting, said San Jose city councilman Raul Peralez.
    — Wsj Staff, WSJ, 27 May 2021
  • One of them was for his 2018 assault of a city councilman, which was captured on video and went viral during the campaign.
    — Juan Forero, WSJ, 4 June 2022
  • Esparza said the councilman initially told him to hide the cash and later hounded him for the money.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022
  • The City of Kyle’s leadership has shifted in recent weeks as the city manager was placed on leave and a councilman stepped down.
    — Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Kerby, the former mayor who also served as a city councilman, agrees this is not just about books.
    — Nick Watt, CNN, 5 Sep. 2022
  • The councilman reached out to the Burbank mayor's office about the incident.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 8 June 2024
  • His brother, Christopher Marte, is the local city councilman.
    — Jay Bulger, Rolling Stone, 13 Aug. 2024

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