coachman

Example Sentences

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The coachman produced a pink box with a glass slipper inside, telling them: "I've come to find a princess."

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Head coachman Matthew Power said the "hairs go up on the back of your neck" on such an occasion, but it was important to stay calm and to stop the horses from getting nervous.

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2023

He needs her help to get up in the air but she insists, “I am not a coachman for hire.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2019

Herring in a Fur Coat could be the title of a Soviet absurdist fable about a proletarian Cinderella who rejects the czarevitch and runs off with the rat turned coachman.

From New York Times • Mar. 26, 2015

The coachman brought the carriage straight to the front of the house and assisted his passenger brusquely to the ground.

From "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling" by Maryrose Wood