boatman

Example Sentences

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Oo Oo had to retire from his job as a boatman when he suffered a stroke which left him partially paralysed.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025

"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

“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

“He must stay here if you are to come,” the boatman said again.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman