Examples of crewman in a Sentence
Eight crewmen were wounded in the attack.
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The veteran, a 20-year-old quartermaster, helped rescue fellow crewmen on the morning of December 7, 1941, which marked the US entry into World War II.
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Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
Walker was one of 103 crewmen who died on the ship during the attack, the DPAA said.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
During the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Oklahoma quickly capsized, killing 429 crewmen, including Winfield.
—Giuseppe Ricapito, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
But the astronauts’ mishandling of switches during descent allowed a noxious gas to enter their chamber, affecting the lungs of all three crewmen and resulting in their brief hospitalization upon landing.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
In 1947, the Navy disinterred the unidentified remains of the Oklahoma crewmen killed in the attack from two cemeteries in Hawaii, and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks for identification, the DPAA said.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
Following the revolution, many ground crewmen had defected, and American technicians sabotaged some of the Phoenix missiles on their way out.
—Stephen Witt, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
At one grubby vessel, a Sicilian trawler, crewmen invited me into their mess and gave me a meal.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
The American Navy at the time (and now, presumably) required of its officers and crewmen respect for the chain of command, discipline, and a good work ethic.
—Howard Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN, 2 Apr. 2024
Walker was one of 103 crewmen who died on the ship during the attack, the DPAA said.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2024
During the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Oklahoma quickly capsized, killing 429 crewmen, including Winfield.
—Giuseppe Ricapito, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
But the astronauts’ mishandling of switches during descent allowed a noxious gas to enter their chamber, affecting the lungs of all three crewmen and resulting in their brief hospitalization upon landing.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2024
In 1947, the Navy disinterred the unidentified remains of the Oklahoma crewmen killed in the attack from two cemeteries in Hawaii, and transferred them to the Central Identification Laboratory at Schofield Barracks for identification, the DPAA said.
—Simrin Singh, CBS News, 7 Mar. 2024
Following the revolution, many ground crewmen had defected, and American technicians sabotaged some of the Phoenix missiles on their way out.
—Stephen Witt, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
At one grubby vessel, a Sicilian trawler, crewmen invited me into their mess and gave me a meal.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
The American Navy at the time (and now, presumably) required of its officers and crewmen respect for the chain of command, discipline, and a good work ethic.
—Howard Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
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crewman
noun
crew·man
ˈkrü-mən 
: a member of a crew
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