How to Use councilman in a Sentence

councilman

noun
  • 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 councilman also promised to vote for the project, court records show.
    — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 17 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • Treviño has asked Nirenberg to put it on the agenda, the councilman said, but to no avail.
    — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 12 Jan. 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
  • While a first-term councilman, Stokes has been a longtime presence in City Hall.
    — Talia Richman, baltimoresun.com, 23 Sep. 2020
  • The current councilman was born four years after Webb stepped down in 1991.
    — Caroline Tien, San Antonio Express-News, 30 Sep. 2021
  • At his side was his new chief of staff, Villalobos, who by then was a councilman in the Hays County city of Kyle.
    — Vianna Davila, ProPublica, 25 Sep. 2020
  • 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 mayor of Calipatria, a city councilman, and the chief of the police hustled to the hospital.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Now, the former Gilbert councilman is fighting for his life.
    — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 27 June 2020
  • 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
  • Lane on Monday added to his rebuke of Phillips, calling for the councilman to resign.
    — Lorraine Longhi, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2020
  • 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
  • Frisch, a former Aspen councilman and currency trader, still has one of the largest House campaign chests in the country.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Agents raided the home of a San Leandro city councilman in January.
    — Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2025

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