How to Use public servant in a Sentence

public servant

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  • Come out for a nice evening and share some time with your public servants.
    — cleveland.com, 30 July 2019
  • One who could try, one who could try to be a good public servant.
    — Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Here’s a look back at some of the worst things Johnson has said and done as a public servant.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 9 June 2023
  • But Wes Moore has been a public servant his whole adult life.
    — Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 19 Jan. 2023
  • This will give you a little glimpse into the world of a public servant.
    — Tom Margenau, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2020
  • The star of the impeachment hearings so far isn't a sober public servant.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 20 Nov. 2019
  • In 41 years as a public servant, Earl Devaney spent much of his time searching for fraud and waste.
    — James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 12 May 2022
  • At the time of her passing, perhaps no public servant was more revered.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2020
  • These are public servants, and these are partners inside the work.
    — CBS News, 15 Sep. 2024
  • In the early to mid-1900s, the home was occupied by S.D. Lawrence, a public servant who helped raise funds for the first school buildings in Mesquite.
    — Kayla Hui, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2023
  • Asked to assess his latest turn as a public servant, a sly smile crossed his face.
    — Manuel Roig-Franzia, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2020
  • Few Hoosier public servants are lauded more than the late Sen. Richard Lugar, who died in 2019.
    — Kayla Dwyer, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Sep. 2024
  • No public servant, no person who’s telling the truth should be treated that way.
    — Fox News, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Not even a public servant with a record like Fauci’s can predict that.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2020
  • Fauci has been a doctor and public servant for more than 50 years.
    — Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022
  • This in spite of the fact that the public servants were doing the job entrusted to them — protection of public health.
    — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, 10 July 2019
  • If convicted of abetting a public servant, Ong could be jailed for up to two years, fined, or both.
    — Tianwei Zhang, WWD, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Take public servant exams, apply for grad schools, study abroad or go find a job.
    — Lily Kuo, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
  • The country has lost a great public servant, who was also a great mentor and friend to many in law and politics.
    — John Yoo, National Review, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Among the injured were nine civilians, a public servant and 27 female members of the police force.
    — Tara John, CNN, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The former public servant, a father of two, now fishes for a living.
    — Ana Vanessa Herrero, Washington Post, 25 July 2024
  • The books, which are untitled at the moment, will chronicle Pence's faith and his time as a public servant.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 7 Apr. 2021
  • The postal worker in this homicide was a public servant, which makes this crime even more disturbing.
    — Camille C. Knox, CBS News, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The cost of his lifestyle sometimes outmatched that public servant salary.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The lesson of her story was a simple one: any public servant who gets in the crosshairs of this President will be destroyed by him.
    — David Rohde, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2019
  • Calling herself a public servant, not a public figure, Braswell will not seek a full four-year term in 2022.
    — Mark Pazniokas, courant.com, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The president appeared on Thursday night as the shadow of a great public servant.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 28 June 2024
  • To always represent the will of the people and be a body of honorable public servants in all respects.
    — Pioneer Press Elections Team, Twin Cities, 14 Oct. 2019
  • The founders were quite aware that few individuals could live up to their ideal of a public servant.
    — Michael Szalma, Orlando Sentinel, 13 July 2024
  • The charges come a day after former transport minister S. Iswaran was handed a 12-month prison term for obtaining valuable items as a public servant and obstruction of justice.
    — Low De Wei and Bernadette Toh / Bloomberg, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024

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