mariner

Example Sentences

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Martino, the merchant mariner, said the influx of newcomers has benefited the city in many ways, with food only one example.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

Sawai plays Toda Mariko, a noblewoman who is a translator between Toranaga and an English mariner in "Shōgun."

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2025

The discovery of this boat now changes our entire understanding of ancient mariner abilities.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2024

After serving as a mariner in World War II with the Merchant Marine, he sold soda.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 2, 2024

It had a symbolism that wasn’t in the other poems, and it also involved the poet’s ideas about the moral responsibility of the mariner.

From "Bad Boy" by Walter Dean Myers