Examples of seaman in a Sentence
a weathered old seaman who now captains a tour boat
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Davies was born in Swindon, England, in 1944 to a hairdresser and merchant navy seaman.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
In 1944, Willie Wesley Thompson, a Navy seaman, saved two lives in the South Pacific.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
In actor-writer-director Ustinov’s tackling of Herman Melville’s seafaring 18th-century novel, the young stage actor starred as the titular naïve young seaman who suffers under the sadistic whims of his superior Claggart (Robert Ryan) and is eventually falsely accused of a crime.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
There are no shortage of headlines about the alarming numbers of soldiers and seamen and Marines being overweight.
—Noelle Wiehe, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
In 1944, Willie Wesley Thompson, a Navy seaman, saved two lives in the South Pacific.
—Curtis Bunn, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
In actor-writer-director Ustinov’s tackling of Herman Melville’s seafaring 18th-century novel, the young stage actor starred as the titular naïve young seaman who suffers under the sadistic whims of his superior Claggart (Robert Ryan) and is eventually falsely accused of a crime.
—Christina Newland, Vulture, 22 Aug. 2025
There are no shortage of headlines about the alarming numbers of soldiers and seamen and Marines being overweight.
—Noelle Wiehe, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for seaman
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“Seaman.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seaman. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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