Example sentences for: posse

How can you use “posse” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • "Fairly or unfairly, the Republicans have been pigeonholed as being soft on white lawbreakers, whether it's Oliver North or the Posse Comitatus," he said in an interview in his Capitol Hill office.

  • "Feeble" and "inadequate even by lazy-pastiche standards" is how Dennis Lim of the Village Voice describes this mean teen movie about a posse of cruel popular girls who accidentally kill one of their own and try to cover it up.

  • Use of the Delta Force at Waco is controversial because of the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, which makes it illegal to use federal troops to enforce laws within U.S. territory, except when a presidential waiver is granted.

  • When her boyfriend finally told them to stop bothering her, one of Leo's posse sucker-punched him.

  • After three days of music from acts such as Jewel, Alanis Morissette, Insane Clown Posse, Rage Against the Machine, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Limp Bizkit (the last band drawing the biggest response from the crowds), a few hundred of the estimated 200,000 spectators broke loose.


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