boatman

Example Sentences

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"I'm an old boatman, I have experienced another four floods in the village. This was the worst," he told media.

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2023

Levin Dukes, a boatman, built the house and was its first occupant.

From Washington Post • Apr. 21, 2023

Our boatman, a member of the local Intha ethnic group, tells us we are the first foreign customers he has had for more than three years.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2023

“The Kingdoms of Savannah” is an ensemble piece with no real center of gravity, and way too many kooky humans to enumerate here: a slumlord, a lazy boatman, a whistling vagrant.

From New York Times • Jul. 20, 2022

Anything's possible in the country of the njuzu, the boatman said enigmatically.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer