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

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

His father fought in World War II’s Battle of the Bulge and came home to serve as a mailman, before dying of a heart attack in 1961.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

He added that a mailman told him that no deliveries were made on the days the pantry was open “because of the line of people waiting for food.”

From Salon • Sep. 27, 2024

As Rowdy and I came bounding into the store, I saw Grandpa and the mailman standing at the counter, looking at a catalogue.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls