laborer

noun la·bor·er \ ˈlā-bər-ər \

|Updated on: 8 Aug 2018

Examples: laborer in a Sentence

Definition of laborer

: one that labors; specifically : a person who does unskilled physical work for wages

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Examples of laborer in a Sentence

He has been working as a laborer on a construction project.
having no real skills, the men could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships

Recent Examples of laborer from the Web

Smaller teams of technical specialists located in remote operations centers are replacing laborers on the ground, who in the past made adjustments manually.

— christopher m. matthews, WSJ, "Oil’s New Technology Spells End of Boom for Roughnecks," 10 July 2018
Lindy’s is getting by with about 20 local workers, many of whom are putting in overtime to help increase production, and Vincent called in a temp agency that recently provided two more laborers.

— scott dance, baltimoresun.com, "Many Maryland crab houses expect to go without immigrant workers this summer after again losing visa lottery," 18 June 2018
Qatar relies heavily on those laborers, which comprise about 95 percent of the total workforce, or 2 million people.

— alex ward, Vox, "9 questions about the 2018 World Cup you were too embarrassed to ask," 12 June 2018
Agriculture is a $47 billion industry in California but there's a mighty chasm between farmers and their laborers, who are mostly minorities and immigrants and make next to nothing for toiling long hours in fields and factories.

— moni basu, CNN, "Blue state, red valley: In this part of California, a new generation is more woke than ever," 1 June 2018
Park Pride Day began 17 years ago as a way to foster community enjoyment and fellowship for many sides — the volunteer laborers, the neighborhood at large and for all those visiting the parks throughout the year.

— sue ellen ross, Post-Tribune, "Highland parks get a spring cleaning," 8 May 2018
Satellite imagery reviewed by South Korean intelligence officials showed the movement of laborers and materials at the port of Sinpo, where the submarine appears to be under construction at an indoor facility, an aide to Mr. Kim said.

— andrew jeong, WSJ, "North Korea Submarine Development Signals Increased Nuclear Threat," 6 July 2018
All these new bathrooms and kitchens have drained the supply of skilled laborers.

— New York Times, "Being Ghosted By the Contractor," 8 June 2018
One of seven children, he was born in Blakely, Ga., the son of Johney B. Battle, a laborer, and Jimmie Lee Collins Battle, a homemaker.

— frederick n. rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, "John Battle, veteran Sandtown-Winchester barber and minister, dies," 5 June 2018

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