How to Use gaffer in a Sentence

gaffer

noun

• Three gaffers rush by with heavy coils of electric cord slung over their shoulders.
  — Jade Chang, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
• Tarps and blankets can only be placed with painter's, gaffer or masking tapes.
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 28 Aug. 2025
• Tarps and blankets can only be placed with painter's, gaffer or masking tapes.
  — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 31 Aug. 2023
• Tarps and blankets can only be placed with painter's tape, gaffer tape or masking tape.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 1 Sep. 2021
• Tarps and blankets can only be placed with painter's tape, gaffer tape or masking tape.
  — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 30 Aug. 2022
• There’s a gaffer, there’s a cameraman, there’s the video village over there.
  — Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone, 18 Mar. 2021
• But with the way things work in today's game, the gaffer's words could hold very little meaning.
  — SI.com, 8 Aug. 2017
• But the Colorado gaffer was not alone in shrinking in the moment.
  — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
• All our gruff camera dudes and gaffers and grips and electrics, everyone was crying.
  — Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 May 2023
• Cameras, monitors, lights and a rainbow’s worth of gaffer tape had been trucked in.
  — Julie Seabaugh, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2019
• If this does well, the caterer, the gaffer, the best boy and the dolly grip are going to see some extra dough.
  — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 20 Jan. 2026
• Most complaints come from people who are expecting something like gaffer tape.
  — Bob Beacham, chicagotribune.com, 19 Dec. 2020
• Our crew includes gaffers and key grips whose parents, and even grandparents, were in the industry.
  — Gus Dominguez, IndieWire, 24 Aug. 2025
• The series’ gaffer had the idea to blast the interviews with bright white light like an Avedon portrait.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
• And the England gaffer gives a lovely little speech, all about respect, pride and kindness.
  — SI.com, 22 Oct. 2019
• The gaffer used his post to call upon producers to avoid cutting corners to maintain a low budget.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2021
• The job is part technical, part artistic, said gaffer David Goodman.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021
• Folks improvise in parking lots, tennis courts and driveways with blue painter’s tape, gaffer tape and sidewalk chalk.
  — Sara Bosworth, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
• One lady was a stage manager, another read lines with actors, someone else was a gaffer.
  — Celia Fernandez, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
• Baldwin, 68, did prevail on one cause of action when the court dismissed the gaffer’s claim of assault.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
• The bailiff pulled up gaffers tape from the floor and ripped off the white timeline sheets from the easel as Morris remained staring straight ahead.
  — Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
• Prager bounced her beatific year-old son, Francis, on one hip while gaffers and grips arranged the lighting for the next shot.
  — Megan K. Stack, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2019
• The gaffer who flew in from Nashville is ready, the producer from New York announces.
  — Rebecca Haithcoat, GQ, 19 Dec. 2017
• Houston Street, lined with shops selling sunglasses one week or gaffer’s tape the next, was another source.
  — New York Times, 28 Sep. 2019
• Charlie Grubbs, our gaffer, who is incredible, really got that as well.
  — Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
• Baldwin had asked the court to fully dismiss the lawsuit filed by Rust gaffer Serge Svetnoy.
  — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 17 Apr. 2026
• Last week, Baldwin was named in a different lawsuit filed by Serge Svetnoy, a gaffer on the set.
  — Alexia Fernández, PEOPLE.com, 17 Nov. 2021
• The actress's breasts were taped down with gaffer's tape, as her Princess Leia costume did not permit any lingerie to be worn underneath.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 25 May 2017
• There's no doubting his credentials over the past 15 months, and Dyche would surely jump at the chance to become the club's new gaffer.
  — SI.com, 31 Oct. 2017
• Serge Svetnoy, the film’s gaffer, and Mamie Mitchell, the script supervisor, have previously filed suit.
  — NBC News, 8 Feb. 2022