How to Use workman in a Sentence

workman

noun

• Droves of workmen were hired to build sturdy piers.
  — Jeffrey Marlow, New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2026
• There were 14 children in a small house, and no workman’s comp.
  — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 16 June 2018
• One workman said the crews would continue spraying the boat through the night.
  — sandiegouniontribune.com, 28 May 2018
• That is, until one of the semi-clothed workmen and his thick muscles catch her eye.
  — David Opie, IndieWire, 4 Dec. 2025
• The leather yoke at the front chest and upper back give it the authentic workman’s feel.
  — Danny Perez, Popular Mechanics, 11 Nov. 2022
• And then workman comp's insurance tried to draw from my account.
  — Kyung Lah, CNN, 1 Apr. 2020
• Two days later, three workmen discovered her body in the woods.
  — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
• David Selig thought the smell of pot might be the result of workmen smoking it on their breaks.
  — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
• Outside one tent, a pair of workman’s shoes sat on the ground, covered with a light dusting of snow.
  — Matt Hongoltz-Hetling, The Seattle Times, 26 Dec. 2017
• But his workman like style -- hat down, moving from one song to the next -- left little room for wow moments.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 15 Oct. 2021
• Some directions were left up to workmen of the day to interpret.
  — Vipal Monga, WSJ, 30 May 2018
• The workmen complied, and Faulí got down and scuttled through the opening.
  — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
• The wood-and-steel tower, which took workmen six weeks to make, was a stunning piece of craftsmanship.
  — Bloomberg.com, 4 July 2017
• This game was all about Tarris’ workman-like performance.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 23 Mar. 2026
• Michigan opened the game with a workman-like, 16-play, 64-yard scoring drive.
  — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 8 Oct. 2017
• His union and workmen’s comp were the only things that ensured our family’s survival.
  — Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2024
• Johnson is a run stopper with a good motor, while Gedeon brings a workman-like approach to the game.
  — Terez A. Paylor, kansascity.com, 29 Apr. 2017
• In the photo below, Sipma is seen using a spray gun as workmen steady his ladder.
  — latimes.com, 5 July 2019
• The cave was discovered as workmen repaired house, which had been built in 1840.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 28 July 2017
• While workmen secured the doors with larger bolts, a zoo attendant stood by with a loaded rifle — just in case.
  — Grant Butler, OregonLive.com, 18 Oct. 2017
• But workmen carved the second Brave out of a plaster wall set for demolition.
  — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 28 Jan. 2018
• That should allow even a workman-like effort from Cincinnati’s own offense to carry the day.
  — Andrew Gillis, cleveland, 14 Oct. 2022
• Even as this took place, the workmen, who before were busy on other projects, began arriving, and the work went forward.
  — Karen Neff, Christian Science Monitor, 7 Feb. 2025
• Bites were served at a bar where bread was sliced with a workman’s saw and for dessert, oversize bricks of chocolate were hammered into with a chisel.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2018
• Later, a group of black workmen dug up the bodies and reburied them to properly honor the fallen.
  — Felice León, The Root, 28 May 2018
• Most of the workmen wore sleeveless shirts, and all were red-spattered and generally a sunburn shade of maraschino red.
  — Junot Díaz, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2018
• And the workman joined in, meowing back at Arthur as his cries got progressively louder and faster.
  — Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
• There are still some large statue blocks in situ with remains that show that they were moved by a lever and chock method, still used by Egyptian workmen today.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 5 Aug. 2024
• All the while, they were kept company by a stray, nearly feral, dog, who wandered over and ate anything the workmen left behind from their lunch.
  — Sheryl Julian, BostonGlobe.com, 23 May 2018
• During the renovation, when the workmen were putting the finishing touches on the new home, one man asked to use the restroom.
  — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 10 Aug. 2023