What is "constables"

Usage examples of "constables".

He pushed them both toward the door and yanked it open just as two broad-shouldered constables muscled their way into the store.

She tapped the com panel just as the door slid open and two beefy constables pushed a struggling, wizened old man in scarlet robes into her engineering sanctum.

They had their own contingent of constables guarding their ship and its crew of two, and Kanow looked at his copilot, a young woman named Ulorna.

The constables were quickly overwhelmed and knocked down by people rushing the transporter booth.

She nodded to the cadre of constables and technicians who had accompanied her to this empty industrial park, and one of them stepped forward with a small beam emitter.

Waving their stun sticks, the constables crowded around her, prepared to conduct her into the darkened building.

A patrol of constables roamed the sidewalk, and most of the people were respectful to them.

She moved back as two brawny constables surrounded the holy man, whose stream of invective was anything but holy.

For an elder man, the curate was strong and enraged, and he fought the two constables to a standstill while Marla tried to escape behind her desk.

People choked the narrow streets leading to the place, and a large contingent of constables stood behind the black metal gate.

More constables stood on the parapets above, and it was obvious that this was some kind of staging area.

Now the constables were objects of hate and fear, and the street thieves were the heroes.

Other choices were made for me by circumstances, such as bringing so many constables, but they fit a general profile of what I wanted.

Everyone turned to see the new regent, Marla Karuw, enter the crowded hall with two constables at her side.

But nobody trusts her now, and constables are keeping her in her quarters.