Examples of dockworker in a Sentence
the dockworkers spent all afternoon taking crates off of the ship
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But the tough comparisons did not stop the port’s dockworkers from handling the highest total number of TEUs in North America, both for March and the first quarter.
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Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2026
Mamdani’s current chief of staff Elle Bisgaard-Church will serve as chair, while other new members include a Bronx high school teacher and a former dockworker.
—Laura Nahmias, Bloomberg, 16 Apr. 2026
This is good, because Jolyon isn’t even wearing a tie to the office and looks like a dockworker.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
But the statement was not exclusively directed toward the government, but to the dockworkers’ unions as well.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
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Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2026
Mamdani’s current chief of staff Elle Bisgaard-Church will serve as chair, while other new members include a Bronx high school teacher and a former dockworker.
—Laura Nahmias, Bloomberg, 16 Apr. 2026
This is good, because Jolyon isn’t even wearing a tie to the office and looks like a dockworker.
—Alice Burton, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2026
But the statement was not exclusively directed toward the government, but to the dockworkers’ unions as well.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
See All Example Sentences for dockworker
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“Dockworker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dockworker. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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dockworker
noun
dock·work·er
-ˌwər-kər 
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