mailman

Example Sentences

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All my countless calls to Social Security, with one question they could never answer, were resolved by the mailman today.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 9, 2026

Sounds cutesy, but it’s the movie I recommended most — to everyone from my mailman to my mother.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Postal Service and on Wednesday a truck appeared with a mailman who set about making room for more than 400 games.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

Every day she would greet the mailman with a “Hi! How’s it going!” so loud that I could hear it across the street in my home office.

From Salon • Dec. 6, 2024

She had been there for the last three days, ever since the mailman had delivered another letter from Milton.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides