gondolier
Example Sentences
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“When everything reopens, tourists will invade us again,” said Giuseppe Tagliapietra, a gondolier for 43 years.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2021
“There is no one better than a gondolier to represent the city’s traditions,” he said.
From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2021
A singing cabby poses as a gondolier for a cheese company, then goes to Venice and becomes one.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2019
For competitions he wears a blue, striped T-shirt in the mode of the classic gondolier look, and white work pants.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2018
Feeling like a gondolier, Zeitoun paddled steadily and said nothing.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
