gondolier

Example Sentences

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For Sara Mion, 51, Mr. Beniamin’s mother, Edoardo is now her son the apprentice gondolier, a guy with a future wife and plans to start a family after marriage.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2022

“When everything reopens, tourists will invade us again,” said Giuseppe Tagliapietra, a gondolier for 43 years.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2021

The tradition began, according to parade organizers, in 1907 when an Italian gondolier named John Scarpa took a group of visitors from Pasadena across the bay in a gondola decorated with Japanese lanterns.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2019

And, of course, this being Las Vegas the guy doing the anthems was a singing gondolier whose day job is serenading tourists in the faux canals of Venice just across the street.

From Washington Times • May 19, 2018

Then he tore away from Prosper and jumped down the steps to watch a gondolier push his boat off its mooring.

From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke