PATROL in a Sentence

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For PATROL, below is one of 54 sentences:
A patrol which was returning to the Arsenal post having passed him, he made a requisition on it, and caused it to accompany him.

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 Meanings and Examples of PATROL
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
patrol
 n.  activity of going on an area at regular intervals for security purposes
Classic Sentence: (44 in 3 pages)
1  Every bishop who possesses the least influence has about him his patrol of cherubim from the seminary, which goes the round, and maintains good order in the episcopal palace, and mounts guard over monseigneur's smile.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME
2  The cannon were fired, and at night the patrol found him hidden under the keel of a vessel in process of construction; he resisted the galley guards who seized him.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI—JEAN VALJEAN
3  A sound of footsteps was audible in the plain; some patrol was probably approaching.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT
4  The steps of the patrol became more and more distinct.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIX—THE BATTLE-FIELD AT NIGHT
5  They could hear the sound of the patrol's approach ever more and more distinctly.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GAS LANTERNS
6  He had just reached the slope of the roof, and had not yet left the crest of the wall, when a violent uproar announced the arrival of the patrol.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—WHICH WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE WITH GAS LANTERNS
7  A patrol which was returning to the Arsenal post having passed him, he made a requisition on it, and caused it to accompany him.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5: CHAPTER X—WHICH EXPLAINS HOW JAVERT GOT ON THE SCENT
8  With the exception of the patrol, no one had passed through the street since he had been there.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 6: CHAPTER III—THE VICISSITUDES OF FLIGHT
9  That which was directed at Jean Valjean at that moment, was the lantern of the patrol of the right bank.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION
10  This patrol had just visited the curving gallery and the three blind alleys which lie beneath the Rue du Cadran.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION
11  The sergeant in command of the patrol had raised his lantern, and the squad had begun to gaze into the mist in the direction whence the sound proceeded.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION
12  The men of the patrol listened, and heard nothing, they looked and saw nothing.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION
13  The patrol could form a cluster in this open space.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION
14  It is probable that the instructions of the prefecture, foreseeing a possibility of combat and insurgents in force, had forbidden the patrol to part company.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION
15  The patrol resumed its march, leaving Jean Valjean behind it.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION
Example Sentence:
1  The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area.
2  They made hourly patrol of the area.
3  Prison officers continued to patrol the grounds within the jail.
4  Every police car and foot patrol in the area is on full alert.
5  Britain can maintain a continuous patrol of the seas with only three submarines.
6  In military tactics, a patrol is a small tactical grouping sent out by land, sea or air to perform a specific task.
7  The scouts are watching out for enemy patrols.
8  A security guard with a dog patrols the building site at night.
9  The whole town is patrolled by police because of the possibility of riots.
10  Bus patroller helps children to get on and off school buses safely.