In a sentence
Six example sentences with deputy, each labelled with its topic.
A deputy served the summons at dawn, since the county had failed to reach the witness for three weeks.
Law
The western gives its deputy the badge in the first reel and the whole town's trouble by the third.
Movies
Frontier towns often had one deputy for two hundred miles, and he traveled with a spare horse and a book of warrants.
History
In the frontier game you start as a deputy, riding out to serve warrants before the sheriff trusts you with more.
Gaming
The novel's deputy is a quiet man who counts cattle brands and keeps the peace with patience rather than bluster.
Literature
A costumed deputy meets tour buses at the restored mining town and walks visitors through the old jail.
Travel
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