How to Use trooper in a Sentence

trooper

noun
Definition of troopernext
Synonyms for troopernext
  • They were told to leave the area, the trooper wrote in the email.
    — Rachel Clarke, CNN, 18 July 2023
  • Then, the trooper instructs the suspect to step out of the car.
    — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Though two of the skiers were able to get out of the avalanche, the third was missing, troopers said.
    — Daniella Segura, Sacramento Bee, 15 Feb. 2024
  • In the report, the trooper didn’t note the sign was damaged.
    — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 26 Oct. 2022
  • John Jones, the state trooper, was the first officer on the scene.
    — Ted Geltner, The New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2022
  • The troopers then tried to remove Cobbs, but in their attempt, the car drove off.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
  • One of the troopers died at the scene and the other died at a hospital, Clarkson said.
    — CBS News, 30 Nov. 2023
  • And as a former state trooper, Dan Howard would know that.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2024
  • Shortly after the troopers stopped, they were hit by the car.
    — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 15 May 2024
  • Body-cam video shows troopers asking Cobb to get out of his car.
    — Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The 18-year-old was not wearing a seat belt and was injured, troopers said in the report.
    — Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The moose kicked one of the men, who was later pronounced dead by medics, troopers said.
    — Don Sweeney, Sacramento Bee, 20 May 2024
  • By the time rescuers got to the scene, the reptile had found a hiding spot in a storm drain, troopers said.
    — Helena Wegner, Sacramento Bee, 10 July 2024
  • O'Neil went to tell his mother that he was found alive and told her a K-9 trooper helped save her son.
    — Caitlin O'Kane, CBS News, 14 June 2022
  • The trooper headed to the neighborhood and found Soubeih on the front porch with a gunshot wound.
    — Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Apr. 2024
  • Cook made his way back to his house and was brought to the clinic where he was pronounced dead, troopers said.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • The first clue in the case was a July 11 call to state troopers about an empty kayak with a dry bag attached.
    — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
  • Karhut backed up without hitting the trooper's car, and then took off.
    — Chris Eberhart, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
  • After striking the other car, troopers said the Corvette smashed through the power pole and hit a tree.
    — Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The driver and passenger ran from the car; the trooper caught up to Smith and arrested him.
    — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The weather was clear and the road was dry at the time of the crash, a state trooper investigating the wreck wrote in the report.
    — The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2022
  • The driver of the Charger refused to stop when the trooper attempted to stop it.
    — Matt Yan, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2022
  • The children, ages 8 and 11, told troopers a woman left them at the edge of the river on the Mexican side and told them to cross it.
    — Stephen Smith, CBS News, 4 July 2023
  • The trooper turned on his lights to stop Erickson, who pulled over in the driveway of a nearby house.
    — Julia Shumway, oregonlive, 27 Sep. 2022
  • The trooper tried to deploy stop sticks near the 8.4-mile marker, but Space avoided them, records state.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024
  • CBS News has reached out to Cuomo for his response to the trooper's lawsuit.
    — Sophie Reardon, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2022
  • On Bloody Sunday, Foster was hit by a state trooper, her knees left swollen and bruised.
    — Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Afterward, as the trooper was walking away, McKissick got out of his truck and stabbed him five times with a knife.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • And the trooper asks, where are the other two fatalities?
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 27 Jan. 2023
  • However, Burnett indicated that the troopers were with them when the body was found.
    — Alex Sundby, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2024

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