How to Use draftsman in a Sentence

draftsman

noun

• Her use of color is not outstanding, but she is a first-rate draftsman.
• But he was fired after a year because he was deemed to have flopped as a draftsman.
  — New York Times, 21 Mar. 2021
• Tomlin’s skill as a draftsman is an important part of his method.
  — Charlotte Higgins, The New Yorker, 1 May 2017
• Himan’s main career was as a structural steel draftsman.
  — Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
• Jung was a graphic artist and draftsman as well as a photographer.
  — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 24 July 2017
• Goltzius, a draftsman of genius, won fame through his engravings.
  — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2021
• Captain Boase had been with the men from the drill hall in Dundee and knew Joe’s skill as a draftsman.
  — Mary Horlock, Longreads, 21 June 2018
• Bloom was a supremely talented draftsman, matching old masters line for line.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Aug. 2019
• Archie Stark in the census records lists himself as a draftsman in 1930.
  — Stuart James, New York Times, 29 June 2026
• Having served as a draftsman as a teenager, Ocasek was a prolific drawer over the course of his life.
  — Ashley Iasimone, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2019
• Stubbe had grown up in Milwaukee, the only child of a draftsman and homemaker.
  — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2018
• Seurat drew on his background as a draftsman to achieve this technical precision.
  — Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 27 Feb. 2017
• On the other side of the family, my mother’s father was a draftsman and pattern maker.
  — Lyndi McNulty, Baltimore Sun, 20 Mar. 2022
• Often regarded as a draftsman first and a painter second, Raphael gives us evidence here to see why.
  — Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
• His fugues are a draftsman’s rendering of heavenly splendor.
  — Classical Music Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
• The draftsman designs the plant and the lead engineer does the electric power requirement things.
  — Hayley Sanchez, The Denver Post, 18 Feb. 2017
• Gabe earned a decent living as a draftsman and freelance photographer.
  — cleveland.com, 24 Sep. 2019
• Scotch grew up in Connecticut, the daughter of an unskilled draftsman and a homemaker.
  — David Scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2019
• Here and elsewhere Bowers is a consummate draftsman, and some of her most stirring work depends upon this skill set.
  — Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com, 18 Dec. 2021
• The authors suggest that the draftsman who created the illustration may have been confused.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 31 July 2024
• The firm brought the original draftsman out of retirement to update those floor plans, which are being offered to those looking to rebuild.
  — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2018
• De Kooning was a great draftsman, with years of training under his belt, and no one was better at harnessing accidents.
  — Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2022
• Klimt was a painter, draftsman, mentor and leading figure of the Vienna art and architecture scene.
  — Molly Selvin, latimes.com, 8 July 2018
• The artist was an accomplished draftsman, and drawings accompanied nearly every step of his career.
  — Barbara Isenberg, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
• Lewis Latimer was an inventor and patent draftsman of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  — Dominique Barchus, Women's Health, 27 Jan. 2023
• Her father, Michael Longchamp, was 39 that summer, working as a draftsman at an architectural firm.
  — Ellen Barry Hilary Swift, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• Roger retired from Pratt & Whitney Aircraft after 43 years as a draftsman and graphic artist.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 29 Apr. 2018
• Francis was a college graduate and draftsman for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft for more than twenty years.
  — Hartford Courant, courant.com, 31 May 2018
• Through most of the 20th century, architectural offices were filled with armies of draftsmen, grease pencils and onionskin paper.
  — Lauren Weber, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2020
• After May died in 1880, his chief draftsman, architect Adolph Scherrer, took over the project.
  — Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 6 July 2022