postman

Example Sentences

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The first half of the special is strong, filled with surprising bursts of dark poetry and strange characters, like a postman in Europe who buries the mail of an entire town.

From New York Times

It is not known how long William Orr worked as a postman, but he died after a heart attack in 1939, aged 66.

From BBC

She still leaves deliveries from the postman for 48 hours before touching them.

From BBC

A mother whose eight-year-old daughter posted a Father's Day letter addressed to her dad in heaven said she was overwhelmed when it was returned to her by a postman.

From BBC

But the Louvre has traditionally been run by upper-class art historians, and Martinez, a trained archaeologist with little expertise in painting, was the son of a postman from a working-class suburb of Paris.

From New York Times