Examples of workman in a Sentence
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In addition to the billing, Kurt Jordan said the fire department dragged its feet in supplying information about department salaries needed to comply with a workman’s comp insurance audit.
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Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2024
Yeah, a lot of them were supposedly just thrown away, or burned, even, for heat by the workmen, these 18th-century workmen who had first uncovered them.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
As the son of a saddle maker, Kant would have led a workman’s life himself, had a pastor not suggested the bright lad deserved some higher education.
—Susan Neiman, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
La Serenissima retorted by sending an assassin to France; two of those workmen mysteriously wound up dead.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
Managers told the inspector workmen would be coming to address the problem by the following week.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
The shrine, with candles, goblets and cinema memorabilia, was uncovered when workmen were laying new cables.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 24 Jan. 2024
The Indian women provide a sharp contrast to the workmen in the Tsukiji wholesale fish market in Tokyo, who can be seen taking naps on the concrete platforms at 2 or 3 in the morning, curled up against giant sharks that look no less menacing for being dead.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
People still flocked to the fair grounds, and policemen were busy keeping the idly curious out of the way of the workmen. ...
—Eula Calahan, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2023
Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2024
Yeah, a lot of them were supposedly just thrown away, or burned, even, for heat by the workmen, these 18th-century workmen who had first uncovered them.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 May 2024
As the son of a saddle maker, Kant would have led a workman’s life himself, had a pastor not suggested the bright lad deserved some higher education.
—Susan Neiman, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2024
La Serenissima retorted by sending an assassin to France; two of those workmen mysteriously wound up dead.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
Managers told the inspector workmen would be coming to address the problem by the following week.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 23 Feb. 2024
The shrine, with candles, goblets and cinema memorabilia, was uncovered when workmen were laying new cables.
—Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week Uk, theweek, 24 Jan. 2024
The Indian women provide a sharp contrast to the workmen in the Tsukiji wholesale fish market in Tokyo, who can be seen taking naps on the concrete platforms at 2 or 3 in the morning, curled up against giant sharks that look no less menacing for being dead.
—Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2023
People still flocked to the fair grounds, and policemen were busy keeping the idly curious out of the way of the workmen. ...
—Eula Calahan, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2023
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“Workman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/workman. Accessed 18 May. 2024.
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workman
noun
work·man
ˈwərk-mən 
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: a skilled worker (as an electrician or carpenter)
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