How to Use councilman in a Sentence

councilman

noun
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  • The councilman reached out to the Burbank mayor's office about the incident.
    — Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 8 June 2024
  • There is time for Andrea to fend off advances from corrupt councilman Reeves (Hart Bochner).
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The organization, which works with tenants across the city, pressed the new owner, then a local city councilman, to let Ms. Roberts stay.
    — Will Parker, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Efforts to reach the councilman for comment weren’t immediately successful.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 25 Jan. 2022
  • The councilman, his office staff and his campaign adviser were not immediately available for comment Tuesday.
    — Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 31 July 2024
  • The idea came up at a meeting last month, when Cassius Spears Jr., first councilman of the tribe, mentioned it as one of several areas where the town and the tribe could work together.
    — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2022
  • 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
  • The councilman added that the proposal has the support of Huntsville police.
    — Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 14 Sep. 2023
  • 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 | Jbryant@al.com, al, 6 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • Daves, the councilman who represents the stretch of road, is stressing patience once the project commences during the spring 2023.
    — al, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Justin Brannan, a Democrat who is the city councilman for the area, said the protest was smaller than last year’s but that officers had come from all over the city to police it.
    — Jay Root, New York Times, 19 May 2024
  • So far, the councilman has not started a committee to raise money for his legal funds.
    — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2024
  • Crosby is a former Sierra Vista councilman who won election to the county board in 2020.
    — Robert Anglen, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
  • As a Huntsville city councilman, Russell took an interest in sports tourism.
    — Scott Turner | , al, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Kennedy, a former city councilman, said his hope going into the process was to balance the power between the city council and the mayor.
    — Ted Glanzer, Hartford Courant, 6 May 2022
  • David Little will be sworn in as Huntsville’s newest city councilman on Monday.
    — al, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Scott, a city councilman when Baltimore’s use of the technology was revealed, weighed in on its use in 2015.
    — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 24 Aug. 2022

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